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MA FINAL REVIEW

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What historical event was the song Revolutionary Tea referring to?

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Signing of the Declaration of Independance

c)

Battle of Yorktown

d)

Burning of the Gaspee

2.

What was the original intent of Yankee Doodle?

a)

To inpire American colonial soldiers to be brave in war

b)

To insult American colonial soldiers who didn't have the experience or supplies

c)

To praise King George III and his team of horses

d)

To celebrate the 4th of July

3.

Who fought in the Civil War?

a)

American vs. Britain

b)

East vs. West

c)

Union vs. Confederacy

d)

African American vs. White

4.

Which of the following symbols does not represent the Southern Confederacy?

a)

The Eagle

b)

The Cross

c)

The Rebel Flag

d)

Land of Cotton

5.

What was the Underground Railroad?

a)

Patterns stitched into blankets that represented secret codes about how to escape

b)

A secret network of people, homes, and routes to assist runaway slaves to freedom

c)

A code word for the Ohio and Mississippi River

d)

Songs created by African slaves that referenced biblical stories and convey codes

6.

Why did African American slaves use code words that referenced biblical characters?

a)

Because they related to the biblical stories of captivity and triumphing over evil

b)

To mask conversations about escape

c)

To make plantation owners believe they were spreading Christianity

d)

All of the above

7.

Where did Dixieland music come from?

a)

New York City

b)

New Orleans

c)

New Jersey

d)

New Mexico

8.

Where might you hear Ragtime music during the 1920’s?

a)

In a funeral parade

b)

In a high school graduation

c)

in a movie theater for a silent film

d)

In a church worship service

9.

What previous type of music evolved into the Blues?

a)

African American spirituals and work songs

b)

Medieval chants

c)

War songs meant to rally the troops

d)

None of the above

10.

Rock and roll is said to originate from the mixing of what two styles?

a)

country and R&B

b)

blues and country

c)

R&B and pop

d)

pop and country

11.

Which musical style originated in the streets, subways, and school hallways of urban communities?

a)

Traditional pop

b)

Rock 'n' Roll

c)

Rhythm and Blues

d)

Doo Wop

12.

Which is a characteristic of Psychedelic Rock?

a)

Extended solos

b)

Exotic instrumentation

c)

Direct or indirect drug references

d)

All of the above

13.

What was Woodstock?

a)

A popular Roots Rock band in the 1960s

b)

A famous record label that signed the first Folk Rock label

c)

The reason the Beatles eventually broke up

d)

A legendary music festival in upstate New York promoting peace, love, and music

14.

The Beatles are from what country?

a)

Canada

b)

London

c)

United Kingdom

d)

United States

15.

What city is considered Motown?

a)

Washington D.C.

b)

Detroit, MI

c)

New York, NY

d)

New Orleans, LA

16.

What aspects characterized musicals during the Golden Age of Musical Theatre?

a)

Musicals about Americans

b)

Musicals featuring soldiers or military men during WWII

c)

Musicals promoting racial harmony and religious tolerance

d)

All of the above

17.

What are the three main components of a musical?

a)

Lyrics, chorus, and costumes

b)

Music, lyrics, and book

c)

Actors, musicians, and set design

d)

Sopranos, altos, and basses

18.

During the Revolutionary War period, protest music was shared through the radio and television in people’s homes because everyone had access to this technology.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

During both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, music was used to boost morale and spread the ideas of each side of the war.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

egregation and racial tensions impacted the music industry in the 1950s because all-white Doo Wop groups would re-record all-black Doo Wop groups music and sell it to their own audiences.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Chuck Berry was considered a pioneer of Rock ‘n’ Roll for his genius guitar riffs and appeal to young, middle-class, white audiences with his energy and charisma.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

At the first Woodstock music festival, Jimi Hendrix played the Star Spangled Banner backwards in order to protest the rise of minimalism in classical music.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

The Beatles decided to stop touring because they wanted to spend more time at home with their families.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

The primary difference between funk music and disco music, is that Disco emphasized the first beat of the measure and filled in with syncopated rhythms in the horn section, while Funk music emphasized every single beat to provide good dancing music.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

What is country music?

a)

small group of singers in rich harmony w/ nonsense syllables & light instrumentation

b)

heavy backbeats and syncopation with guitar, bass, & drums targeted at teenagers

c)

ballads and dance tunes featuring banjos, guitars, fiddles, harmonicas, and drum set

d)

combined folk, country, and rock’n’roll elements with hard backbeat and blues-like vocals

26.

What is Doo Wop?

a)

small group of singers in rich harmony w/ nonsense syllables & light instrumentation

b)

heavy backbeats and syncopation with guitar, bass, & drums targeted at teenagers

c)

rock music with exotic instrumentation and electronic effects like fuzz, distortion, and reverb

d)

soul music with pop influence, tambourines, hand clapping, and call and response vocals

27.

What is Folk Rock?

a)

rock music with close vocal harmonies singing about the beach, girls, and the USA

b)

vocalist sings with lax and ease accompanied by an orchestra or small combo

c)

influenced by classic folk, emphasis on singer-songwriter lyrics and stringed instruments

d)

soul music with pop influence, tambourines, hand clapping, and call and response vocals

28.

What is Motown?

a)

soul music with pop influence, tambourines, hand clapping, and call and response vocals

b)

ballads and dance tunes featuring banjos, guitars, fiddles, harmonicas, and drum set

c)

rock music with exotic instrumentation and electronic effects like fuzz, distortion, and reverb

d)

soulful singing with a strong backbeat, dance music for the urban black community

29.

What is psychedelic rock?

a)

rock music with exotic instrumentation and electronic effects like fuzz, distortion, and reverb

b)

small group of singers in rich harmony w/ nonsense syllables & light instrumentation

c)

vocalist sings with lax and ease accompanied by an orchestra or small combo

d)

heavy backbeats and syncopation with guitar, bass, & drums targeted at teenagers

30.

What is Rock n Roll?

a)

heavy backbeats and syncopation with guitar, bass, & drums targeted at teenagers

b)

small group of singers in rich harmony w/ nonsense syllables & light instrumentation

c)

combined folk, country, and rock’n’roll elements with hard backbeat and blues-like vocals

d)

rock music with close vocal harmonies singing about the beach, girls, and the USA

31.

What is Roots Rock?

a)

soulful singing with a strong backbeat, dance music for the urban black community

b)

soul music with pop influence, tambourines, hand clapping, and call and response vocals

c)

influenced by classic folk, emphasis on singer-songwriter lyrics and stringed instruments

d)

vocalist sings with lax and ease accompanied by an orchestra or small combo

32.

What is Rhythm and Blues?

a)

combined folk, country, and rock’n’roll elements with hard backbeat and blues-like vocals

b)

soulful singing with a strong backbeat, dance music for the urban black community

c)

rock music with close vocal harmonies singing about the beach, girls, and the USA

d)

heavy backbeats and syncopation with guitar, bass, & drums targeted at teenagers

33.

What is surf rock?

a)

rock music with close vocal harmonies singing about the beach, girls, and the USA

b)

soulful singing with a strong backbeat, dance music for the urban black community

c)

vocalist sings with lax and ease accompanied by an orchestra or small combo

d)

ballads and dance tunes featuring banjos, guitars, fiddles, harmonicas, and drum set

34.

What is traditional pop?

a)

soul music with pop influence, tambourines, hand clapping, and call and response vocals

b)

small group of singers in rich harmony w/ nonsense syllables & light instrumentation

c)

soulful singing with a strong backbeat, dance music for the urban black community

d)

vocalist sings with lax and ease accompanied by an orchestra or small combo