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Mid-Music History Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the first drum made out of?

a)

Alligator Skin

b)

Bird Feathers

c)

Fish Scales

2.

When was the earliest known examples of percussion instruments made from mammoth bones found in present-day Belgium?

a)

100,000 BC

b)

70,000 BC

c)

50,000 BC

3.

Musicologist believe the first musical instrument was the human voice.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Ancient music refers to various musical systems from Mesopotamia, Indus River Valley, Egypt, Greece, and Rome.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Who discovered pieces of four harps in 1929 in the ruins of Ur?

a)

Royalty Wren

b)

Sir Leonard Woolley

c)

Dr. Anne Kilmar

d)

Sir Edgar Allen Poe

6.

Who was the Egyptian God who is credited with inventing music?

a)

Horus

b)

Hathor

c)

Osiris

d)

Sir Edgar Allen Poe

7.

King Tut's trumpets were made of what two materials?

a)

Silver & Copper

b)

Copper & Gold

c)

Gold & Copper

d)

Plastic

8.

The boreendo is made of what?

a)

Clay

b)

Wood

c)

Plastic

9.

The Roman Empire borrowed heavily from music of cultures they conquered

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The Medieval period of music history was music centered around what?

a)

Athletics

b)

Food

c)

Religion/Church

11.

Secular music is about religion

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of medieval music?

a)

Standardized rhythmic patterns

b)

Troubadours and trouveres

c)

Unlimited instrumental music

d)

Monophony

13.

The term "Gregorian" in Gregorian chant refers to whom?

a)

Pope Gregory I

b)

Monk Greg

c)

King George III

d)

George Washington

14.

Hildegard Van Bingen was a medieval female composer who wrote for her fellow nuns.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

A motet is an example of ars nova.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

New rules for counterpoint during the Renaissance period controlled...

a)

Melodies

b)

Harmony

c)

Dissonance

d)

Cadences

17.

What Italian city was known during the Renaissance Period as the music center?

a)

Venice

b)

Florence

c)

Milan

18.

Palestrina was an Italian composer of what kind of music?

a)

Sacred Music

b)

Secular Music

c)

EDM

d)

R&B

19.

Madrigals are sacred vocal music compositiions.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The lute was the most popular instrument to play in the Renaissance.

a)

True

b)

False