WorksheetsHistory Quiz 25
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 53mins
Who,ude Orthodoxy, The Everlasting Man, detective fiction, and philosophy, influenced writers such as who.
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Russian writer who, who recounted his experiences in the Soviet prison camps in the Gulag Archipelago, was granted the Nobel Prize in literature in 1970.
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Who, a socialist but an opponent of Marxism, wrote about the horrors of the totalitarian state in 1984 and Animal Farm.
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Who renounced Marxism and turned to Christianity.
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Similarly, who, an English journalist and author, renounced atheism and Marxism.
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Frenchman who experimented with new chords and produced a new concept of harmony.
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Composer, concert pianist, and conductor who left Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution and became an American citizen.
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His best works are his what, the most popular piano concerto in 20th century piano music.
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In the United States, who, who wrote The Tender Land, and who, who wrote the first opera for television called Amahl and the Night Visitors, produced operas.
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However, Europe maintained its status as the dominant producer of opera with the popular productions Faust by who, Madame Butterfly, and Tosca both by who.
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The Mikado and H.M.S. Pinefore, written by the British team of who and who.
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One of the most successful teams of musical writers was that of who and who who wrote memorable works such as The King and I and the Sound of Music.
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Who excelled in musical comedy and composed many memorable songs, such as "You're a Grand Old Flag."
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This departure from tradition is well illustrated by the work of who.
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Its influence is also seen in the work of who.
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During World War 2, many modernist European artists part of the what movement.
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The most famous artist of Abstract Expressionism was who who gained fame by dribbling paint on a canvas laid on the floor and calling it "art."
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Who tended to use realistic lines which, with his talent and development as an artist, made him one of the most celebrated American artists of the 20th century.
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Supporters of what wanted to develop distinctly American art that focused primarily on the common working man, whom they heralded as the basis of American strength.
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The dominant regionalist artists were who, who, and who.
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Many artists found employment as what for magazines and journals since photography, cheaper paper, and improved transportation increased the number of books and magazines available to readers
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The most influential illustrator of the 20th century was who who worked for the Saturday Evening Post for forty seven years and produced over 300 cover illustrations.
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Today, one of the most influential architects of the abstract, modernist approach is who.
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Steel construction also made possible the what, a building that need only occupy a small amount of ground but could be several stories tall.
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After the what of 1871 destroyed much of the city, many architects flocked to Chicago as the prospects increased for rebuilding the city.
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The first "sky scraper" was the ten story what in Chicago, built in 1885.
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For these reasons, and others, Chicago has been called the "what."
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While early skyscrapers, like Sullivan's what, in Buffalo,NY, reflected a traditional ornate exterior, skyscrapers around the world began to follow an international style of architecture promoted by modernists.
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Later, proponents of an international style like who and who, an architect of the United Nations Headquarters, abandoned an ornate facade in favor of Flat surfaces which reflected simple geometric shapes.
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Famous examples of the international style include the what and the what both in New York City.
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The Seagram Building was created by the German born, American architect who, who had been the head of the what, a leading school in modernist art and architecture in Germany.
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One of the most widely recognized American architects is who.
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He is most associated with what like the what in Chicago and "organic like" architecture like that of what in Mill Run, PA.
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In the United States, who led a movement to preserve classical architecture.
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Some criticism of the modernist approach came from post modernists, like architect who, by saying that "less is a bore."
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Examples of such buildings include the what, built by architect who; the condominium complex what; and the what both designed by who.
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Another example is the what, a 1,776 foot tall building designed by architect who to replace the twin towered World Trade Center
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Advances in the field of what have opened up new branches of biological research and medical treatment
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The field of what, which deals specifically with the manipulation of atoms and molecules, was developed in 1990.
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The greatest of these development was the what, invented by an English computer scientist named who.
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Radio Frequency Identification [what] chips, part of a short range precision tracking system, are used on patients and expensive equipment in hospitals, in animals, for retail inventory, and in traffic monitoring systems.
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In 1978, the U.S. Department of Defense launched the first of the satellites that formed the what.
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The first step in assembling the ISS took place in when when the Russian control module Zarfa and the U.S. module Unity were linked.
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Though Republican who was declared the victor, Democratic candidate Al Gore and other democrats disputed the vote and demanded a recount.
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When, marked the first time since Pearl Harbor that a massive foreign attack had occurred n American soil.
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This terrifying event was launched by the radical Islamic organization what led by who.
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The hijackers sent two of the large, fully-fueled airplanes to destroy the World Trade Center's what in New York City.
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While the nation watched the world Trade Center events, a third plane hit the southwest side of the what in Washington, D.C., at 9:40 A.M., starting a fire.
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In October 2001, when the who, Afghanistan's strict Islamic governing regime, refused to surrender Bi Laden, the United States and Great Britain began a bombing campaign against suspected terrorist locations in the country.
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By year's end, what had driven the Taliban from power.
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In October 2004, the first democratically elected, who, came to power.
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A major objective of the war was achieved on when, when U.S. Special Forces raided a palace in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was hiding.
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When they did not, who led approximately 250,000 U.S. troops, 50,000 British troops, and small contingents from several other countries in what, when.
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