Jazz the Recipe Vocabulary & Main Ideas

1) What is the meaning of the word recipe?

• To make a list of things needed to buy something

• To make a list of things needed and directions for making something

• To deliver a list of things to a neighbor or friend

• To get a list of what you bought at a store

2) What types of music contributed to jazz?

• Ragtime

• Blues

• Church music

• All of the above

3) The meaning of steady is -

• To flow into something

• To change rapidly

• Not subject to change

• Not worth anything

4) Ballads were -

• stories of heroes and their bravery

• stories of farmers and other workers

• about slaves and their hardships

• about African Americans on plantions

5) Other groups that contributed to jazz were -

• Immigrants

• African Americans

• Farmers

• Immigrants, African Americans, Europeans, and workers

The definition of social is -

• To make something with great detail

• Having few parts; easy to understand

• A requirement or need

• Friendly, involving several people

What is the definition of combine?

• To put together, to join

• To communicate in words

• A large farm where crops are grown

• Having few parts; easy to understand

8) Ragtime was a type of -

• Recipe

• Annecdote

• Music

• Flavor

9) A plantation was a -

• a way to communicate in words

• a large farm where crops were grown

• a requirement or need for something

• object that had simple parts

10) In summary, this article was mostly about -

• The difficulties that farmers had on their plantations.

• The various dances that immigrants and other cultures brought to the United States.

• The hardships of the American lifestyle during the 1800's and the historical components of that time period.

• The various styles of music and historical components that contributed to jazz.