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Q3 MUSIC OF SOUTH ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for special call to prayer and repentance on high holidays in Israel?

a)

DEVOTIONAL

b)

HAZAN

c)

SECULAR

d)

YOM KIPPUR

2.

What kind of music is commonly used during communal worship in mosques and life passage events in Israel?

a)

Central Asian Music

b)

East Asian Music

c)

Middle East Music

d)

Western Music

3.

Which of the following is a metric cycle with a specific number of beats that recur in the same pattern?

a)

TALA

b)

MRIDANGAM

c)

TABLA

d)

THEKA

4.

What made India known to be the largest country in South Asia.

a)

Their songs are purely spiritual in nature.

b)

Indian music is only vocal and instrumental.

c)

Where people are focusing more on their music.

d)

Their music is as vast as its geographic location and as large as its demographic population.

5.

In North India, which of the following music goes back to Vedic period at around 1000BC?

a)

Arabic Music

b)

Carnatic Music

c)

Hindustani Music

d)

Punjabi Music

6.

Which of the following is a style in vocal music of India which moves in several different notes in a single syllable of text?

a)

MELISMATIC

b)

RIG VEDA

c)

SAMAGANA

d)

SAMAVEDA

7.

What is the most common style of singing in North India?

a)

KHYAT

b)

MRIDANGAM

c)

TALA

d)

THEKA

8.

What division of vocal music in Israel which context lies outside the religious domain?

a)

DEVITIONAL

b)

MELISMATIC

c)

SECULAR

d)

TALA

9.

What do you call a musician who helps lead the congregation in a songful prayer?

a)

DEVOTIONAL

b)

HOZZAN

c)

SECULAR

d)

SHOFAR

10.

Which country in Central Asia is known for its unique vocal styles known as Ghazal and Qawwali?

a)

INDIA

b)

ISRAEL

c)

PAKISTAN

d)

PHILIPPINES

11.

What kind of music strengthens the importance of musical instruments in Pakistan?

a)

ARABIC MUSIC

b)

CARNATIC MUSIC

c)

HINDUSTANI MUSIC

d)

PUNJAB MUSIC

12.

Which of the following vocal styles in Pakistan is considered as a vibrant musical tradition that is known for 700 years?

a)

DHOLAK

b)

GHAZAL

c)

QAWWALI

d)

RUBAB

13.

Which vocal style in Pakistan is considered by many to be one of the principal poetic forms in the Persian civilization?

a)

DHOLAK

b)

GHAZAL

c)

QAWWALI

d)

RUBAB

14.

Which among the ancient Indian collection of hymns considered to be the oldest known Vedic Sanskrit text?

a)

HINDUISM

b)

RIG VEDA

c)

SAMAGANA

d)

SAMAVEDA

15.

What music in South India is more thoroughly oriented to the voice and was also called “temple music”?

a)

ARABIC MUSIC

b)

HINDUSTAN MUSIC

c)

CARNATIC MUSIC

d)

PUNJABI MUSIC