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WorksheetsHispanic Heritage Dance Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Modern Flamenco dancing involves what?
Music
Song, dance, guitar instrumentals, clapping, stomping, tapping
Clapping, stomping, guitar
singing and guitar
Some flamenco dancers perform with little instruments on their hands. These instruments are called...
Tambourines
Cymbals
Castanets
Marimbas
Both men and women dance flamenco.
True
False
What is flamenco?
A dance
A nationality
An animal
A type of food
Where is Flamenco originally from?
Spain
Mexico
Cuba
The Dominican Republic
Flamenco is both a dance and a style of music.
True
False
Heritage Month begins on
Sept 15
Jan 1
Nov 1
Aug 15
1950s
1910s
1980s
2000s
The male always takes his first step with the _________ foot when starting the Cha Cha.
The lady always takes her first step with the __________ foot when starting the Cha Cha.
The cha-cha dance evolved from what two dances?
The moves of the __________ come from the streets of Cuba.
flamenco
rumba
ballet folklorico
tango
Flamenco evolved in southern Spain during the 9th and 14th centuries.
True
False
The Cha Cha basic step was originally a Mambo step called the Triple Mambo.
True
False
The mambo step rhythm involves
Hold 1, steps 2,3,4
Steps 1,2,3, hold 4
Step 1,2 hold 3.4
The popular dance “Rumba” originated in Cuba in the ________ century.
5th
20th
16th
The Rumba FOLK Step uses smooth steps and touches that are performed in a “box” or square.
True
False
Slow-quick-quick, Slow-quick-quick rhythm was used in the _________ dance.
Flamenco
Rumba
Mambo
Cha Cha
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
True
False
