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African American Music History African Origins to Gospel

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Wade in the Water"

a)

This is a spiritual used in code to tell slaves to use the water to avoid being seen when escaping to freedom.

b)

This is a spiritual used in code to tell slaves to use the river as a marker for freedom land.

2.

Which of the following is NOT a jubilee?

a)

Go Down Moses

b)

Rockin' Jerusalem

c)

Poor Man Lazarus

d)

Jesus Lover of My Soul

3.

What does polyrhythm mean?

a)

many rhythms at the same time

b)

the same rhythm at the same time

4.

What is the style of this piece of music?

a)

Gospel

b)

Spiritual

5.

This is a simple map of the transatlantic slave trade. The arrow is pointing to:

a)

"The First Passage"

b)

"The Middle Passage"

c)

"The Last Passage"

6.

Thomas Dorsey is known as

a)

Father of Blues

b)

Father of Gospel

c)

Father of Jazz

d)

Father of Spirituals

7.
a)

This is an aerophone.

b)

This is a chordophone.

c)

This is an idiophone.

d)

This is a membranophone.

8.

What is an aerophone?

a)

instruments whose sound generator is a stretched string

b)

instruments whose sound generator is its own natural material

c)

any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane

d)

instruments whose sound generator is blown air

9.

What year were the first recorded Africans brought to the United States as slaves?

a)

1619

b)

1719

c)

1819

d)

1919

10.

What is a spiritual?

a)

Spirituals are songs with jazz mixed in.

b)

Spirituals are sacred songs with a main religious theme or story derived from the early African American experience.

c)

Spirituals are sacred song with a main religious theme or story derived from the early European experience.

11.

a)

This is an aerophone.

b)

This is a chordophone.

c)

This is an idiophone.

d)

This is a membranophone.

12.

What is the name of this choir?

a)

Fisk Jubilee Singers

b)

Freedom Joy Singers

c)

Civil War Singers

d)

Gospel Music Singers

13.

What element of music is being demonstrated in this recording?

a)

Backbeat

b)

Polyrhythm

c)

Unison

14.

a)

This is an aerophone.

b)

This is a chordophone.

c)

This is an idiophone.

d)

This is a membranophone.

15.

What is the style of this piece of music?

a)

Gospel

b)

Spiritual

16.

Why did the Fisk Jubilee Singers start their first tour?

a)

To show off their talent.

b)

To raise money for Fisk University.

17.

This is a

a)

Field Holler

b)

Jubilee

c)

Metered Hymn

d)

Plantation Song

18.

Mahalia Jackson is known as

a)

Queen of Blues

b)

Queen of Gospel

c)

Queen of Jazz

d)

Queen of Spirituals

19.

Which of these songs was used a code for the Underground Railroad? (select 3)

a)

Follow the Drinking Gourd

b)

Go Down Moses

c)

Sweet Chariot

d)

Wade in the Water

20.

How many Africans were approximately sold in the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

a)

10.5 Million

b)

11.5 Million

c)

12.5 Million

d)

13.5 Million

21.

This is a

a)

Field Holler

b)

Jubilee

c)

Metered Hymn

d)

Plantation Song

22.

Ella Sheppard was the

a)

Assistant Director of the Fisk Jubilee Singers

b)

Assistant Director of the Thomas Dorsey Blues Band

c)

Assistant Director of the Gospel Music Convention

23.

African drums were very important in African societies. They were primarily used for:

a)

hunting and fishing

b)

communication and celebration

c)

seedtime and harvest

24.

"Follow the Drinking Gourd"

a)

means to use a river as a guide to travel north to freedom.

b)

means to use the star constellation "The Big Dipper" as a guide to travel north to freedom.

25.
a)

This is a spiritual used in code for the Underground Railroad.

b)

This is a spiritual, however, it was not used in code for the Underground Railroad.