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Music Genre F. Gumbs # 2-1

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is reggae?

a)

It is a music genre that combines native styles with elements of rock and ska in Jamaica

b)

It is a music genre that evolved from rock and roll and pop music.

c)

It is a music genre accompanied by rapping.

d)

It is a music genre influenced by hip hop and Latin American and Caribbean music.

2.

When did reggae become popular?

a)

It became popular in the 1980's.

b)

It became popular in the 1960's.

c)

It became popular in the 1950's.

d)

It became popular in the 1990's.

3.

He is considered the most influential figure in reggae music.

a)

Justin Bieber

b)

Suga

c)

Bob Marley

d)

Michael Jackson

4.

What is Calypso?

a)

Is a style of hip hop music that originated in the Southern United States during the late 1990s.

b)

Is a type of music and dance originating in the Dominican Republic, which has become a very popular genre throughout Latin America

c)

A culture and art movement that was created in the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique popularized by the French Antillean band Kassav' in the 1980s.

d)

A style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by the mid-20th century.

5.

He is considered the most influential figure in Calypso music.

a)

Calypso Rose

b)

Machel Montano

c)

Lord Kitchener

d)

Mighty Sparrow

6.

What is Ritmo Kombina

a)

A culture and art movement that was created in the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique popularized by the French Antillean band Kassav' in the 1980s.

b)

Literally, “combined rhythms” in Papiamento is very much Afro-Curaçaoan music, sometimes disturbingly derided as the music of the lower classes popularized by Dutch Antillean groups such as Cache and Geo

c)

Tumba is a musical form native to Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. It is of African origin, although the music has developed since it was introduced on the island in the 17th century.

d)

Is a type of music and dance originating in the Dominican Republic, which has become a very popular genre throughout Latin America

7.

What is Tumba

a)

Literally, “combined rhythms” in Papiamento is very much Afro-Curaçaoan music, sometimes disturbingly derided as the music of the lower classes popularized.

b)

A culture and art movement that was created in the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique popularized by the French Antillean band Kassav' in the 1980s.

c)

Tumba is a musical form native to Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. It is of African origin, although the music has developed since it was introduced on the island in the 17th century.

d)

Is a type of music and dance originating in the Dominican Republic, which has become a very popular genre throughout Latin America

8.

What is Parang

a)

Is an Indo-Caribbean genre of music that developed in the southern Caribbean, and is popular in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji, Mauritius, and South Africa

b)

Is a music genre and musical form which was originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1870s by African-Americans.

c)

is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern forms in the US and the UK during the mid-1950s

d)

Is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States.

9.

What is classical music

a)

Is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States.

b)

Is a music genre and musical form which was originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1870s by African-Americans from roots in African musical traditions, African-American work songs, and spirituals

c)

Is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern forms in the US and the UK during the mid-1950s

d)

Is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music.

10.

What is Pop

a)

Is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States.

b)

Is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern forms in the US and the UK during the mid-1950s

c)

Is a music genre and musical form which was originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1870s by African-Americans from roots in African musical traditions, African-American work songs, and spirituals

d)

Is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern forms in the US and the UK during the mid-1950s

11.

Idenify the music genre...

a)

Steel Drums

b)

Blues

c)

Reggae

d)

Swing

12.

Identify the music genre...

a)

Rock

b)

Rock n Roll

c)

Reggae

d)

Swing

13.

Indetify the music genre...

a)

Swing

b)

Blues

c)

Reggae

d)

Rock n Roll

14.

Identify the genre...

a)

Indian

b)

African

c)

Steel Drums

d)

Blues

15.

Identify the music genre...

a)

Indian

b)

African

c)

Steel Drums

d)

Gospel

16.

Identify the music genre...

a)

Rock

b)

Pop

c)

Rock n Roll

d)

Gospel

17.

Identify the genre...

a)

Gospel

b)

Ragtime

c)

Blues

d)

Swing

18.

Identify the music genre...

a)

Pop

b)

Rock

c)

Rap

d)

Ragtime

19.

Idenify the music genre...

a)

Swing

b)

Blues

c)

Ragtime

d)

Gospel

20.

Identify the music genre...

a)

Gospel

b)

African

c)

Blues

d)

Swing

21.

Identify the music genre...

a)

Blues

b)

Pop

c)

Rock n Roll

d)

Swing

22.

What music genre is this?

a)

What is Salsa

b)

What is Mariachi

c)

What is Merengue

23.

What genre of music is this?

a)

What is Rap

b)

What is Bachata

c)

What is Reggaeton

d)

What is Hip-Hop

24.

What music genre is this?

a)

What is the Tango

b)

What is Flamenco

c)

What is Ranchera

25.

What music genre is this?

a)

What is the Flamenco

b)

What is the Tango

c)

What is Capoeira

26.

What music genre is this?

a)

What is Jazz

b)

What is Timba

c)

What is Merengue

d)

What is Salsa

27.

What music genre is this?

a)

Pop

b)

Merengue

c)

Ritmo Kombina

d)

Soca