Unit 4 Vocabulary Checkpoint Review

Jazz music was born in America. It was created over time using a ________________ that started with work songs from ships and fields.

• recipe

• demand

• social

Work songs had a ________________ beat that helped pass the time.

• demand

• expressed

• steady

Next, African Americans ________________ their faith in song by changing the words and beat of church music.

• expressed

• combined

• simple

Americans sang ________________ ballads that told sad stories about bravery. Though the songs were good, they were not upbeat.

• combined

• simple

• steady

There was a ________________ for music that people could dance to.

• demand

• social

• recipe

African and European music __________________ to create ballroom dance music.

• expressed

• steady

• combined

The beat changed again with ragtime music. Tunes were loud and lively. Then frustrated former slaves began to sing the blues about life on and off the ________________ and hard times.

• steady

• plantations

• social

Jazz music was made with American ingredients and is enjoyed at many ________________ events.

• steady

• simple

• social

What is the correct word that matches the meaning:

an antonym for “separate”

• social

• combine

• demand

What is the correct word that matches the meaning:

a synonym for "stable"

• simple

• steady

• demand