Chapter 5 World Music

What term designates a type of ballroom dance that originated in Cuba?

• Cha-cha

• Tango

• Mambo

• Samba

What word refers to an athletic dance that includes kicks and inward leg rotations on syncopated beats of the music?

• Charleston

• Lindy Hop

• Conjunto

• Ballet

What term is used to describe a jazzy dance in which couples swing, balance, and twirl?

• Cha-cha

• Conjunto

• Lindy Hop

• Samba

What word designates a dance music created by Mexicans in Texas?

• Mambo

• Tango

• Ballet

• Conjunto

What word refers to a refined style of classical dance emphasizing the verticality of the body, an outward rotation of the legs with fluid footwork and legwork, and virtuosic turns and jumps?

• Tango

• Ballet

• Samba

• Cha-cha

What term refers to an African-Brazilian dance that is faster and jazzier than the tango?

• Mambo

• Conjunto

• Tango

• Samba

What term is used to refer to a Latin American dance performed at a moderatly slow, walk-like tempo in 4/4 meter?

• Tango

• Lindy Hop

• Charleston

• Mambo

What is a rhythmic Latin American dance with the basic pattern of three steps and a shuffle?

• Ballet

• Charleston

• Cha-cha

• Conjunto

_________ refers to a dance in which foot movements produce audible rhythms emphasized by small metal plates on the soles of the dancer's shoes.

• Clog dancing

• Tap dancing

• Line dancing

• Toe dancing

The body movement and gestures of the hula __________.

• Emphasize the rhythm of the music

• Follow the melodic contour of the music

• Tell a Story

• Pantomine the playing of instruments