Our Common Culture

All the following have helped to significantly shape Jamaica’s culture.

• Music and language

• dance and art

• sports and dress

• All of the Above

The most well known style of art form that has come many styles of music forms is best described as:

• folk songs

• Reggae

• Calypso

• Dancehall

Identify the most popular form of Jamaican music.

• Reggae

• Jazz

• Pop

• Calypso

Jamaica is known and identified with the following:

• International musicians

• only Bob Marley

• Reggae and Bob Marley

• All of the Above

Dances found in Jamaica today come from a combination of the styles taken from these ethnic groups:

• Chinese and Madeirans'

• South African and East Indians

• Spaniards and Rastafarians

• Europeans and Africans

Some of the local dances are best identified as:

• Jonkunu and Gerreh

• Brukins and Quadrille

• May pole and Dinki Mini

• All of the Above

Identify these dances which were turned into commentaries on plantation living.

• Jonkunu, Brukins and Mento

• May pole and Quadrille

• Ettu, Dinki Mini and Gerreh

• Gerreh, Dinki Mini and Brukins

A dance practiced by slaves at Christmas is known as:____

• Ettu

• Jonkunu

• Brukins

• Quadrille

Artistic styles in Jamaica, in their earliest form, were strongly influenced by:_______.

• Africans

• Europe

• Spaniards

• Chinese

African and Jamaica art was always a feature in Jamaica's art work and pieces.

• True

• False