WorksheetsCaribbean Music
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
In which Caribbean island is the genre Mento popular?
Trinidad and Tobago
Dominica
Jamaica
Martinique
Quadrille is a folk genre from Dominica influenced by
African slave and the british
African slaves and French
African slaves and the dutch
African slaves only
Zouk is a genre associated with the French Caribbean islands?
True
False
Calypso is a genre that originated is which of the following Caribbean islands?
Barbados
Dominica
Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago
Mento of Jamaica is often confused with Calypso?
True
False
Which of the following genre can be classified as religious music of Jamaica?
Kumina
Mento
Parang
Quadrille
Kumina developed as a religion and music after emancipation is which of the following Caribbean islands?
Barbados
Grenada
Dominica
Jamaica
Which one of the following genre is produced by a four instrument ensemble called a jing ping band?
Calypso
Mento
Kumina
Quadrille
Which of the following instruments is not found in Caribbean Folk music?
fife
banjo
cuatro
bagpipes
Which of the following statements below is true about Mento?
Mento is a popular form of music throughout the Caribbean
Mento is the predecessor of ska and reggae
Mento rhythms are the same as Calypso
Mento is heard only in folk music
In which of the following islands would you most likely hear Zouk?
Dominica, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
Dominica, St. Lucia and St. Vincent
St. Kitts, Dominica and Guadeloupe
Martinique, Dominica and Guadeloupe
The term "Shango Baptist" and the music associated with it, originated in which Caribbean island?
Dominica
Jamaica
Grenada
Trinidad and Tobago
Which of the following artiste is fondly known as the Queen of Parang?
Calypso Rose
Denise Plummer
Daisy Voisin
Denise Belfour
