A/an _____________ is a half arch used to counteract the outward thrust of the vault and to transfer the thrust to piers outside the walls.
A. aqueduct
B. flying buttress
C. crusade
D. troubadour
B. flying buttress
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Use the concluding discussion section and the knowledge you have gained from this chapter’s text and music to answer the following question. Imagine you are going to attempt a cross-cultural experience with one of the African music-cultures that you studied in this chapter. If you could travel to one the areas covered and try to understand the local music-culture, how would you approach your
task? What would you expect to encounter? What problems and barriers to understanding might you encounter? How would you overcome these barriers? (Answers will vary.) What will be an ideal response?
Matching
A. Voltaire B. J. B. S. Chardin C. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
What is the instrument heard in the performance of this selection?
a) piano b) organ c) harpsichord d) celesta
The main charge for which Joan of Arc was tried and executed was
a. witchcraft. b. insanity. c. conspiracy. d. cross-dressing.