1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. 1. The most honored teacher in China's history. | Confucious | 2. 2. Greek military commander threatened India with his armies in 326 BC. | Alexander the Great | 3. 3. Term in Buddhist teaching that denotes the state of absolute peace and happiness where one loses himself into nothingness. | nirvana | 4. 4. What ruler of Japan made Buddhism the country's favored national religion? | Prince Shotoku | 5. 5. What Syrian Christian was responsible for Aksum's becoming nominally Christian? | Frumentius | 6. 6. What African language contains influences from Arabic, Persian, and Indian. | Swahili | 7. 7. What term denotes the physical features of a land. | topography | 8. 8. The seed of the _____________ refers to those who are loyal to God through salvation. | woman | 9. 9. ___________ sources are usually produced by people involved in the events being studied. | Primary | 10. 10. ___________ fathered a line of people who "call[ed] upon the name of the Lord," and he was a replacement for Abel. | Seth | 11. 11. Noah placed a curse on Canaan, a son of ____________. | Ham | 12. 12. Historical _____________ is the practice of gathering useful information and weaving it together into a narrative of the past. | synthesis | 13. 13. ___________________ united the land of Mesopotamia and is remembered for his code of laws. | Hammurabi | 14. 14. ________________ established the first known empire. | Sargon | 15. 15. Egypt became a great power in the Old, Middle or New Kingdom. | New | 16. 16. Khufu built the Great Pyramid at Giza in the Old, Middle, or New Kingdom. | Old | 17. 17. Egyptian pharaohs directed their attention to public projects in the Old, Middle, or New Kingdom. | Middle | 18. 18. Moses probably led the Israelites out of Egypt during the reign of _________________. | Thutmose III | 19. 19. The Israelites wandered in the wilderness for __________ years before entering the land of Caanan. | forty | 20. 20. Jerusalem was destroyed, and many Jews were taen as captives to Babylon in _________ BC. | 586 | 21. 21. Around 2000 BC the ___________ began to settle in Asia Minor. | Hittites | 22. 22. The Hittite Army was led by a ___________. | king | 23. 23. Abraham traveled from ___________ and became the founder of the nation of Israel. | Ur | 24. 24. _________________ destroyed Jerusalem and carried the Jews into exile for seventy years. | Nebuchadenezzar | 25. 25. Seljuk Turks annihilated the Byzantine army at the Battle of ________________. | Manzikert | 26. 26. Cyril and Methodius were missionaries to the _______________. | Russians | 27. 27. Damascus was the capital of the ______________ caliphate. | Umayyad | 28. 28. The ___________ stopped Muslim advancement into Europe at the Battle of Tours. | Franks | 29. 29. Arabs are descendants of ______________. | Ishmael | 30. 30. Mansa Musa was the most famous ruler of _____________. | Mali | 31. 31. According to legend _____________________ was the founder of Taoism. | Lao-tzu | 32. 32. ____________________ founded the first strong empire of India in the fourth century AD. | Chandragupta Maurya | 33. 33. _____________________ was known as Buddha, or the "Enlightened One." | Siddhartha Gautama | 34. 34. Akbar was a member of the ___________________ dynasty. | Mughal | 35. 35. Early Christians used the term _________________ to describe the church's universal nature. | catholic | 36. 36. _____________________ persuaded Atilla the Hun to spare the city of Rome in 452. | Leo I | 37. 37. The term pope was initially used to praise the actions of ______________. | Leo I | 38. 38. The Petrine theory was used to enhance the position of the bishops of ______________. | Rome | 39. 39. The _____________________ Church defines a sacrament as an act that grants grace by its very performance, based on the recipient's intentions. | Roman Catholic | 40. 40. According to the Roman Catholic Church, __________________ is both a sacrament and a sacrifice. | Holy Eucharist |
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9. ___________ sources are usually produced by people involved in the events being studied. &choe=UTF-8
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10. ___________ fathered a line of people who "call[ed] upon the name of the Lord," and he was a replacement for Abel. &choe=UTF-8
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11. Noah placed a curse on Canaan, a son of ____________. &choe=UTF-8
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12. Historical _____________ is the practice of gathering useful information and weaving it together into a narrative of the past. &choe=UTF-8
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13. ___________________ united the land of Mesopotamia and is remembered for his code of laws. &choe=UTF-8
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14. ________________ established the first known empire. &choe=UTF-8
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15. Egypt became a great power in the Old, Middle or New Kingdom. &choe=UTF-8
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16. Khufu built the Great Pyramid at Giza in the Old, Middle, or New Kingdom. &choe=UTF-8
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17. Egyptian pharaohs directed their attention to public projects in the Old, Middle, or New Kingdom. &choe=UTF-8
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18. Moses probably led the Israelites out of Egypt during the reign of _________________. &choe=UTF-8
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19. The Israelites wandered in the wilderness for __________ years before entering the land of Caanan. &choe=UTF-8
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20. Jerusalem was destroyed, and many Jews were taen as captives to Babylon in _________ BC. &choe=UTF-8
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21. Around 2000 BC the ___________ began to settle in Asia Minor. &choe=UTF-8
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22. The Hittite Army was led by a ___________. &choe=UTF-8
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23. Abraham traveled from ___________ and became the founder of the nation of Israel. &choe=UTF-8
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24. _________________ destroyed Jerusalem and carried the Jews into exile for seventy years. &choe=UTF-8
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25. Seljuk Turks annihilated the Byzantine army at the Battle of ________________. &choe=UTF-8
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26. Cyril and Methodius were missionaries to the _______________. &choe=UTF-8
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27. Damascus was the capital of the ______________ caliphate. &choe=UTF-8
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28. The ___________ stopped Muslim advancement into Europe at the Battle of Tours. &choe=UTF-8
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29. Arabs are descendants of ______________. &choe=UTF-8
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30. Mansa Musa was the most famous ruler of _____________. &choe=UTF-8
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31. According to legend _____________________ was the founder of Taoism. &choe=UTF-8
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32. ____________________ founded the first strong empire of India in the fourth century AD. &choe=UTF-8
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33. _____________________ was known as Buddha, or the "Enlightened One." &choe=UTF-8
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34. Akbar was a member of the ___________________ dynasty. &choe=UTF-8
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35. Early Christians used the term _________________ to describe the church's universal nature. &choe=UTF-8
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36. _____________________ persuaded Atilla the Hun to spare the city of Rome in 452. &choe=UTF-8
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37. The term pope was initially used to praise the actions of ______________. &choe=UTF-8
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38. The Petrine theory was used to enhance the position of the bishops of ______________. &choe=UTF-8
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39. The _____________________ Church defines a sacrament as an act that grants grace by its very performance, based on the recipient's intentions. &choe=UTF-8
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40. According to the Roman Catholic Church, __________________ is both a sacrament and a sacrifice. &choe=UTF-8
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