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Beginner Hip-Hop History and Important People

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who founded the Electric Boogaloo Lockers, who later became known as the Electric Boogaloos?

a)

Timothy Earl Solomon

b)

Renee Harris

c)

Sam Solomon

d)

Kool DJ Herc

e)

Don Campbell

2.

Who is known as Don "Campbellock"?

a)

Timothy Earl Solomon

b)

Renee Harris

c)

Sam Solomon

d)

Kool DJ Herc

e)

Don Campbell

3.

Who is known as Poppin’ Pete?

a)

Timothy Earl Solomon

b)

Renee Harris

c)

Sam Solomon

d)

Kool DJ Herc

e)

Don Campbell

4.

Who isolated and repeated the "breaks," or most danceable parts, of funk records?

a)

Timothy Earl Solomon

b)

Renee Harris

c)

Sam Solomon

d)

Kool DJ Herc

e)

Don Campbell

5.

Who started started to learn the popping style from his older brother?

a)

Timothy Earl Solomon

b)

Renee Harris

c)

Sam Solomon

d)

Kool DJ Herc

e)

Don Campbell

6.

Who created a set of movements that evolved into the styles known today as popping and boogaloo?

a)

Afrika Bambaataa

b)

Renee Harris

c)

Sam Solomon

d)

Kool DJ Herc

e)

Don Campbell

7.

Who has the real name of Clive Campbell?

a)

Afrika Bambaataa

b)

Renee Harris

c)

Sam Solomon

d)

Kool DJ Herc

e)

Don Campbell

8.

Who was a disc jockey, singer, songwriter and producer from the South Bronx, New York?

a)

Afrika Bambaataa

b)

Renee Harris

c)

Sam Solomon

d)

Kool DJ Herc

e)

Don Campbell

9.

Who is a pioneer for moving hip-hop from the streets to the concert and commercial stages?

a)

Afrika Bambaataa

b)

Renee Harris

c)

Sam Solomon

d)

Kool DJ Herc

e)

Don Campbell

10.

Who is known as the Godfather of Hip-Hop?

a)

Afrika Bambaataa

b)

Renee Harris

c)

Sam Solomon

d)

Kool DJ Herc

e)

Don Campbell

11.

Who is best known for having invented locking?

a)

Afrika Bambaataa

b)

Renee Harris

c)

Sam Solomon

d)

Kool DJ Herc

e)

Don Campbell

12.

Who created the prototype for modern-day hip-hop music?

a)

Afrika Bambaataa

b)

Renee Harris

c)

Sam Solomon

d)

Kool DJ Herc

e)

Don Campbell

13.

Who started down his road as a dancer by watching Soul Train and doing the robot?

a)

Afrika Bambaataa

b)

Renee Harris

c)

Timothy Earl Solomon

d)

Kool DJ Herc

e)

Don Campbell

14.

Who released electro tracks in the 1980s that influenced Hip-Hop development?

a)

Afrika Bambaataa

b)

Renee Harris

c)

Timothy Earl Solomon

d)

Kool DJ Herc

e)

Don Campbell

15.

Who is known as Boogaloo Sam?

a)

Sam Solomon

b)

Renee Harris

c)

Timothy Earl Solomon

d)

Kool DJ Herc

e)

Don Campbell

16.

What describes Hip-Hop?

a)

Grace, flow, pointe work, and turn out

b)

Street based grounded movement

c)

Making sounds with your feet

17.

What does Hip-Hop include?

a)

Pointe work

b)

Breaking

c)

Popping

d)

Locking

18.

What was the original Hip-Hop style?

a)

Breaking

b)

Locking

c)

Popping

19.

Hip-Hop has historical, social, cultural contexts that trace back to which cultures?

a)

French

b)

African

c)

Afro-Caribbean

20.

Which are defining aspects of Hip-Hop?

a)

creativity

b)

identity

c)

self-expression

d)

originality

e)

respect

21.

When did Hip-Hop begin?

a)

1970's

b)

1980's

c)

1990's

d)

2000's

22.

Where did Hip-Hop begin?

a)

Los Angeles, California

b)

Bronx, New York

c)

Miami, Florida

23.

What are the 4 elements of Hip-Hop culture?

a)

Deejaying (music)

b)

Emceeing (rapping)

c)

Graffiti (writing / art)

d)

Breaking (dance)

e)

Scratching (music)

24.

In what communities did Hip-Hop originate?

a)

Asian

b)

Latino

c)

African American

25.

What were the benefits of Hip-Hop?

a)

It gave inner city youth the motivation to live a better life

b)

The youth started turning to different kinds of art as a release

c)

Community violence increased