WorksheetsAfrican American Music History African Origins to Gospel
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
"Wade in the Water"
This is a spiritual used in code to tell slaves to use the water to avoid being seen when escaping to freedom.
This is a spiritual used in code to tell slaves to use the river as a marker for freedom land.
Which of the following is NOT a jubilee?
Go Down Moses
Rockin' Jerusalem
Poor Man Lazarus
Jesus Lover of My Soul
What does polyrhythm mean?
many rhythms at the same time
the same rhythm at the same time
What is the style of this piece of music?
Gospel
Spiritual
This is a simple map of the transatlantic slave trade. The arrow is pointing to:
"The First Passage"
"The Middle Passage"
"The Last Passage"
Thomas Dorsey is known as
Father of Blues
Father of Gospel
Father of Jazz
Father of Spirituals
This is an aerophone.
This is a chordophone.
This is an idiophone.
This is a membranophone.
What is an aerophone?
instruments whose sound generator is a stretched string
instruments whose sound generator is its own natural material
any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane
instruments whose sound generator is blown air
What year were the first recorded Africans brought to the United States as slaves?
1619
1719
1819
1919
What is a spiritual?
Spirituals are songs with jazz mixed in.
Spirituals are sacred songs with a main religious theme or story derived from the early African American experience.
Spirituals are sacred song with a main religious theme or story derived from the early European experience.
This is an aerophone.
This is a chordophone.
This is an idiophone.
This is a membranophone.
What is the name of this choir?
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Freedom Joy Singers
Civil War Singers
Gospel Music Singers
What element of music is being demonstrated in this recording?
Backbeat
Polyrhythm
Unison
This is an aerophone.
This is a chordophone.
This is an idiophone.
This is a membranophone.
What is the style of this piece of music?
Gospel
Spiritual
Why did the Fisk Jubilee Singers start their first tour?
To show off their talent.
To raise money for Fisk University.
This is a
Field Holler
Jubilee
Metered Hymn
Plantation Song
Mahalia Jackson is known as
Queen of Blues
Queen of Gospel
Queen of Jazz
Queen of Spirituals
Which of these songs was used a code for the Underground Railroad? (select 3)
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Go Down Moses
Sweet Chariot
Wade in the Water
How many Africans were approximately sold in the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
10.5 Million
11.5 Million
12.5 Million
13.5 Million
This is a
Field Holler
Jubilee
Metered Hymn
Plantation Song
Ella Sheppard was the
Assistant Director of the Fisk Jubilee Singers
Assistant Director of the Thomas Dorsey Blues Band
Assistant Director of the Gospel Music Convention
African drums were very important in African societies. They were primarily used for:
hunting and fishing
communication and celebration
seedtime and harvest
"Follow the Drinking Gourd"
means to use a river as a guide to travel north to freedom.
means to use the star constellation "The Big Dipper" as a guide to travel north to freedom.
This is a spiritual used in code for the Underground Railroad.
This is a spiritual, however, it was not used in code for the Underground Railroad.
