Humanities Semester Test Review

A general rule about music in Europe: “The further ________ you go, the more militaristic the music becomes."

Which country united many little states into a military monster and World War 1 aggressor?

The famous American composer who brought the music of American Jazz to the world of classical music.

Art genre that emphasized colorful, exact reproductions of the natural world. Paintings looked like photographs.

Dark Ages musical scales that helped monks compose music in different keys are called? (Unit 4b)

Where have Muslims, Christians, and Jews been fighting a regional conflict since World War 2?

Name of this painting, and it's artist. (Unit 8)

World War 1 treaty signing location. Treaty utterly failed to stop a 2nd World War.

Name of this painting, and it's artist. (Unit 8)

What war saw the first use of mechanized weapons; airplanes, tanks, machine guns, gas; resulting in 7 million dead?

Name two of the five Russian composers that were students and then teachers in that nation's famous music school.

The single biggest asset that Russian Czars used to build culture during peace and enhance defense during war.

What 3 dimensional art form emphasized long flowing lines and arches pointed to heaven? (Unit 4b)

Which 2 artists from the 20th century have abstract sculptures displayed in downtown Chicago?

Name of the East vs. West "quazi-war" that ran until 1990? HINT: (Eastern Communism vs. Western Democracy)

The famous German composer of operas.

What Racine landmark was designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright?

Rising to power in the 30's, which European leader reclaimed land taken from his country at the end World War 1?

The art genre where paintings showed the glory of an event of subject.

The art technique that blends light and shadow to create interest in a painting. (Unit 5)

Which 20th century artist that we studied lived in Sun Prairie, WI?

Which Roman emperor is the starter of the religion that became the Russian (or Eastern) Orthodox Church?

Which nation’s civil war provided a laboratory for Europe to study democracy under under difficulty?

The Baroque/Enlightenment art movement that used "over-the-top" designs, like an overly done pizza? (Unit 7)

"Subdivisions", by which rock group, was important on a musical, social, and cultural level. R.I.P. Neil Peart. (Unit 8)

Name of this painting, and it's artist. (Unit 8)

Due to its almost unlimited resources, which country won the first "2 Front War" in World War 2?

Who is the most important inventor of the millennium; the inventor of the printing press? (Unit 5)

What does a nation become if it tolerates individual freedoms and ideas of all its citizens?

What composer wrote "Fanfare for the Common Man" to honor ordinary Americans during WW2?

The famous English composer who used folk songs in his music.

What country did Napoleon invade with 500,000 men and return with only 10,000?

What is the name of the philosophy that gives humans the highest place in creation? (Unit 5)

The new third group of people that an artist could work for to make a living. (Unit 6)

In World War 2, what stopped the Nazi advance into Russia? (Napoleon had the same problem 120 years earlier.)

What caused America to have a boom in immigration during the last half of the 19th century?

What western civilization savior defeated the Muslims to keep them from taking over Europe? (Unit 4b)

What was a result of the peace conference that would haunt Europe for 100 years and lead to World War One?

Which Austrian City held a peace conference to care for Europe after Napoleon's defeat?

The famous Russian composer of religious music.

Which group had their "Dark Side of the Moon" album stay in the top 100 list for 14 years?

Art genre that depicts only what the mind’s eye can see. Paintings were bright, colorful, and blurry.

What 20th century art genre gave artists individual freedom of expression in their work?

Which 2 countries become world superpowers after World War 2?

Multi-national peace keeping organization; created at end of World War 2; enforced treaties and kept peace for 75 years.

Which "Dizzy" American jazz artist invented the "Be-Bop Jazz" genre?

The emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire who tried to rebuild Rome. (Unit 4b)

Art genre that was a continuation of the previous question. Emphasis placed on artist's individual ideas of a subject.

Which American "Duke" was a famous jazz composer and Big Band leader?

What group of people bought goods from producers and sold them to consumers to make a living? (Unit 5)

American artist was a nuclear physicist by day, and became famous for throwing paint on the canvas as a hobby?