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Hispanic Heritage Dance Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Modern Flamenco dancing involves what?

a)

Music

b)

Song, dance, guitar instrumentals, clapping, stomping, tapping

c)

Clapping, stomping, guitar

d)

singing and guitar

2.

Some flamenco dancers perform with little instruments on their hands. These instruments are called...

a)

Tambourines

b)

Cymbals

c)

Castanets

d)

Marimbas

3.

Both men and women dance flamenco.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What is flamenco?

a)

A dance

b)

A nationality

c)

An animal

d)

A type of food

5.

Where is Flamenco originally from?

a)

Spain

b)

Mexico

c)

Cuba

d)

The Dominican Republic

6.

Flamenco is both a dance and a style of music.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Heritage Month begins on ​    

a)

Sept 15

b)

Jan 1

c)

Nov 1

d)

Aug 15

8.
Where did the Cha Cha dance originate?
a)
Mexico
b)
Spain
c)
America
d)
Cuba
9.
In what year was the Cha Cha introduced to the US?
a)

1950s

b)

1910s

c)

1980s

d)

2000s

10.

The male always takes his first step with the _________ foot when starting the Cha Cha.

a)
left
b)
back
c)
right
d)
front
11.

The lady always takes her first step with the __________ foot when starting the Cha Cha.

a)
left
b)
right
c)
back 
d)
front
12.

The cha-cha dance evolved from what two dances?

a)
Cha-Cha slide & bachata 
b)
Bomba & Flamenco
c)
Mambo & Swing
d)
Jazz & Ballet
13.

The moves of the __________ come from the streets of Cuba.

a)

flamenco

b)

rumba

c)

ballet folklorico

d)

tango

14.

Flamenco evolved in southern Spain during the 9th and 14th centuries.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

 The Cha Cha basic step was originally a Mambo step called the Triple Mambo.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The mambo step rhythm involves

a)

Hold 1, steps 2,3,4

b)

Steps 1,2,3, hold 4

c)

Step 1,2 hold 3.4

17.

The popular dance “Rumba” originated in Cuba in the ________ century.

a)

5th

b)

20th

c)

16th

18.

The Rumba FOLK Step uses smooth steps and touches that are performed in a “box” or square.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Slow-quick-quick, Slow-quick-quick rhythm was used in the _________ dance.

a)

Flamenco

b)

Rumba

c)

Mambo

d)

Cha Cha

20.

Originally there were several different Rumba dances, including the GUAGUANCO or the CUBAN RUMBA. The BALLROOM RUMBA, or RHUMBA, became popular in the 1930s and is still danced in ballrooms today

a)

True

b)

False