WorksheetsAfrican - American Spirituals and Gospel
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
What type of spiritual is fast paced and rhythmic?
sorrow
jubilee
call and response
codified protest songs
What type of spirituals are slow and melancholic?
Jubilee
Sorrow
Codified Protest Songs
Call and Response
African-American spirituals are a type of folk song.
True
False
"Follow the Drinking Gourd" is an example of what type of spiritual?
Jubilee
Sorrow
Call and Response
Codified Protest Song
Which song is not an African-American spiritual?
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Minnie the Moocher
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
What spiritual is ZaZu singing in "The Lion King"?
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Jubilee
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Steal a Way
Codified protest songs have what?
A strong, underlying beat.
Hidden messages that helped the slaves.
A call and response.
Codes to the US Space Program
The drinking gourd is what?
A tall glass.
A pool of water.
A bowl.
The Big Dipper.
Slaves use codified protests songs on the what?
Underground Railroad
Trans-Atlantic Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
Amtrak
Spirituals eventually transformed into what style of music?
R & B
Country
Gospel
Christian pop
This group allowed white audiences to be exposed to African-American spirituals.
Hampton Singers
Fisk Jubilee
The Chiffons
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
This movie featured a "nun" Whoopi Goldberg, who brought gospel style music to The Catholic Church.
The Lion King
Sweet Charity
The Other Sister
Sister Act
Which instrument is not usually found in gospel music?
Electric guitar
Hammond organ
piano
voice/vocals
"Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" is an example of what?
Gospel
African-American Spiritual
True or False. Whitney Houston started out by singing gospel.
True
False
"Oh, Happy Day" is an example of what?
Gospel
African-American Spiritual
Who is "The Queen of Gospel"?
Aretha Franklin
Whitney Houston
Mahalia Jackson
Mariah Carey
Gospel derived (came from) what style of music?
rhythm and blues
spirituals
soul
swing
This Beatles song was influenced by gospel.
"Let it Be"
"Hey Jude"
"Here Comes the Sun"
"Back in the USSR"
Which style do you prefer? Spirituals or gospel?
Spirituals
Gospel
