Winter 2020-2021 Flashcards
“C” WORLD: This Caribbean dance style shares its name with a nymph who kept Odysseus on her island for 7 years
Calypso
MUSIC TERMS: This word for disturbance of regular flow or rhythm as in jazz is from the Greek for “cutting short”
syncopation
GOVERNMENT and POLITICS: He quickly became the Democratic frontrunner after announcing his third bid for president April 25, 2019
Joe Biden
A WORLD OF MUSIC: From the Greek for “five”, this type of 5-note scale is used widely in Chinese music
pentatonic
PARTS OF SPEECH, DEFINED: It is “often thought of as referring to persons (or) places”
noun
YOUR NEW CLASS SCHEDULE: Spanish: You’ll have to use your cabeza, this body part, to pass the class
head
PAY BALL!: Say hey! Say what? In 1965 he hit 52 homers and won his ninth straight Gold Glove–and made $105,000
Willie Mays
TEDDY ROOSEVELT, MEET JACKIE ROBINSON: In Jan. 1919 TR died and Jack Roosevelt Robinson was named for him in the town of Cairo, on this state’s border with Fla.
Georgia
VEGANS and VEGETARIANS: She refused to give up her seat in 1955 but easily gave up meat in her later years
Rosa Parks
ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS: Tom Brady holds the record for most Super Bowl wins as a player with this many–he needs 2 hands for his rings
seven (after the 2021 Superbowl against the Buccaneers)
SPORTS HISTORY: Leading his team to a come-from-behind victory, this 24-year-old Kansas City QB became the youngest Super Bowl MVP winner in 2020
Patrick Mahomes
U.S. HERSTORY: She joined hubby MLK Jr. in civil rights activism, taking part in the Montgomery bus boycott
Coretta Scott King
FILL IN THEIR DATES: Martin Luther King: ____ 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968
January
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES: You’ll find the Martin Luther King Jr. national historic site in this state capital
Atlanta
COLLEGE SPORTS: In 1996 this Stanford golfer won the NCAA title; the following year, he won the Masters
Tiger Woods
