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Latin American Music

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the three official languages of Latin America?

a)

German, Spanish, and British

b)

Spanish, Portuguese, and French

c)

Irish, Guarani, and Spanish

d)

Russian, Portuguese, and Quechua

2.

What are there instruments did the Spaniards and Portuguese settlers introduced to the native people throughout Latin America?

a)

drum and other percussion instruments

b)

flute and other wind instruments

c)

guitar and other stringed instruments

d)

maracas and other shakable instruments

3.

A dance-oriented music style that came from the coastal region of Colombia and Panama.

a)

Cumbia

b)

Cha Cha Cha

c)

Reggae

d)

Bossa Nova

4.

Bob Marley is an internationally acclaimed Jamaican singer of what genre?

a)

Cha Cha Cha

b)

Cumbia

c)

Reggae

d)

Tango

5.

It is a musical genre with elements from American jazz, and rhythm and blues.

a)

Tango

b)

Cumbia

c)

Rock

d)

Ska

6.

Who is this Cuban composer and violinist who introduced Cha-Cha-Cha?

a)

Enrique Gil

b)

Enrique Jorrin

c)

Enrique Iglesias

d)

Enrique Jarden

7.

It is derived from the sound of the scraper and the rhythm of the shuffling feet of the dancers.

a)

Tango

b)

Cumbia

c)

Cha-Cha-Cha

d)

Bossa Nova

8.

This musical genre formed from the fusion of samba rhythm and the complex harmonies and improvised passages of jazz.

a)

Tango

b)

Bossa Nova

c)

Reggae

d)

Cumbia

9.

It is characterized by a close hold, a low center of gravity and an emphasis on Contra Body movement.

a)

Tango

b)

Cumbia

c)

Bossa Nova

d)

Cha-Cha-Cha

10.

It is distinguished by being percussion-heavy, with a signature double beat.

a)

Tango

b)

Cha-Cha-Cha

c)

Cumbia

d)

Bossa Nova