European History
This event in 1066 changed the course of English history.
What is the Norman Conquest?
This Italian term means “to play softly” in music.
What is piano?
He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Who is Mark Twain?
This art movement began in France and focused on light and everyday subjects.
What is Impressionism?
This grunge band’s hit Smells Like Teen Spirit defined the 1990s.
Who is Nirvana?
This war between Britain and France lasted from 1337 to 1453.
What is the Hundred Years’ War?
This family of instruments includes the trumpet and trombone.
What are brass instruments?
This author wrote The Scarlet Letter.
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne?
This Spanish artist painted Guernica.
Who is Pablo Picasso?
This blockbuster film featured the line “I see dead people.”
What is The Sixth Sense?
This treaty ended World War I in 1919.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This clef is used for lower-pitched instruments like the cello.
What is the bass clef?
This poet wrote Because I could not stop for Death.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
This Italian city was central to the Renaissance.
What is Florence?
This boy band released the hit I Want It That Way.
Who are the Backstreet Boys?
his 16th-century movement led to the formation of Protestant churches.
What is the Reformation?
This American genre combines elements of blues, gospel, and rhythm and blues.
What is soul music?
This Harlem Renaissance poet wrote I, Too.
Who is Langston Hughes?
This movement used surreal and dreamlike imagery, as seen in Dalí’s works.
What is Surrealism?
This rapper was known for California Love.
Who is Tupac Shakur?
This French fortress was stormed on July 14, 1789, marking the start of the French Revolution.
What is the Bastille?
This element of music refers to the combination of different pitches sounded together.
What is harmony?
This Transcendentalist wrote Walden.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
This sculptor created The Thinker.
Who is Auguste Rodin?
This Disney animated film featured Simba and the song Circle of Life.
What is The Lion King?