AP World History Period 4: 1900-Present, Cultural Development, Technology, and Innovation

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1
Which absurdist art movement emerged during WWI and questioned the very nature of what art was?
abstraction
Fauvism
Surrealism
Dada
2
The term “coca-colonization” is typically used to criticize the global cultural influence of which country?
Japan
the United States
China
Great Britain
3
What field of physics, arising after 1900, concerned itself with atoms and subatomic particles?
electromagnetism
quantum mechanics
astrophysics
thermodynamics
4
What psychologist’s work profoundly influenced the art and literature of Europe’s interwar period?
Jacques Lacan
Alfred Adler
Carl Jung
Sigmund Freud
5
Which musical genre is most widely considered to blur the line between entertainment and high art?
easy listening
jazz
rock
classical
6
What modern health measure has played the largest role in reducing the deadly effect of diseases worldwide?
travel restrictions
vaccination
physical education programs
mosquito eradication
7
Wind and solar power are considered “clean” because they reduce dependence on ______.
fossil fuels
water
precious metals
nuclear energy
8
Which country launched the first human-made object into space?
the USSR
France
Canada
the United States
9
This highly detailed and richly imagined literary style is most closely associated with Latin America.
socialist realism
stream of consciousness
magical realism
naturalism
10
This philosophical school, popular after WWII, proposes that life’s meaning is only what we make of it.
existentialism
structuralism
nihilism
transcendentalism

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AP World History Period 4: 1900-Present, Cultural Development, Technology, and Innovation

10 termsStudBud Administration5,635 plays

Flashcards10 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 10

Answers

1
Which absurdist art movement emerged during WWI and questioned the very nature of what art was?
abstraction
Fauvism
Surrealism
Dada
2
The term “coca-colonization” is typically used to criticize the global cultural influence of which country?
Japan
the United States
China
Great Britain
3
What field of physics, arising after 1900, concerned itself with atoms and subatomic particles?
electromagnetism
quantum mechanics
astrophysics
thermodynamics
4
What psychologist’s work profoundly influenced the art and literature of Europe’s interwar period?
Jacques Lacan
Alfred Adler
Carl Jung
Sigmund Freud
5
Which musical genre is most widely considered to blur the line between entertainment and high art?
easy listening
jazz
rock
classical
6
What modern health measure has played the largest role in reducing the deadly effect of diseases worldwide?
travel restrictions
vaccination
physical education programs
mosquito eradication
7
Wind and solar power are considered “clean” because they reduce dependence on ______.
fossil fuels
water
precious metals
nuclear energy
8
Which country launched the first human-made object into space?
the USSR
France
Canada
the United States
9
This highly detailed and richly imagined literary style is most closely associated with Latin America.
socialist realism
stream of consciousness
magical realism
naturalism
10
This philosophical school, popular after WWII, proposes that life’s meaning is only what we make of it.
existentialism
structuralism
nihilism
transcendentalism