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The Birth of Hip-Hop (23)

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hip-Hop began during which decade?

a)

1950s

b)

1960s

c)

1970s

d)

1980s

2.

The Last Poets, the poets that were inspired by the Civil Rights movement and spoke their poems over music, came about during which decade:

a)

1950s

b)

1960s

c)

1970s

d)

1920s

3.

He hosted the first "Hip-Hop party:"

a)

Kool Herc

b)

Marley Marl

c)

Afrika Bambaataa

d)

Jazzy Jeff

4.

He founded the Zulu Nation

a)

Kool Herc

b)

Grandmaster Flash

c)

Afrika Bambaataa

d)

Jazzy Jeff

5.

Artist that had a hit with "Planet Rock:"

a)

Curtis Blow

b)

Grandmaster Flash

c)

Afrika Bambaataa

d)

The Furious Five

6.

She recorded the first hip-hop hit:

a)

Kool Herc

b)

Sylvia Robinson

c)

Queen Latifah

d)

Ella Fitzgerald

7.

Which music genre was a revival to hip-hop at its start:

a)

Punk Rock

b)

Disco

c)

Jazz

d)

Blues

8.

The person who "mixes, cuts, and scratches" the records:

a)

DeeJay

b)

EmCee

c)

Break Dancer

d)

Rapper

9.

The person who "speaks on the mic" the records:

a)

DeeJay

b)

EmCee

c)

Break Dancer

d)

B-Boy

10.

Technique of using snippets of previously recorded or existing music to create new music:

a)
Sampling
b)

Cutting and Scratching

c)

Break Dancing

d)

Spitting

e)

Rizzing

11.

He was known for his "cutting and scratching" technique:

a)

Grandmaster Flash

b)

Master Ace

c)

Biz Markie

d)

Grandmaster Caz

12.

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five hit (select 2):

a)

Planet Rock

b)

The Message

c)

White Lines

d)

Rappers Delight

13.

Where did Hip Hop start?

a)

Manhattan

b)

Bronx

c)

Queens

d)

Boston

14.

Kool Herc's "Merry-Go-Round" technique focuses on what part of the song?

a)

The vocals

b)

The intro

c)

The bridge

d)

The break

15.

What is the "break" in a song?

a)

Instrumental section that is mostly drums

b)

The loudest part of the song

c)

The space between songs

d)

The quiet section in the song

16.

What does "scratching" mean in hip hop and rap?

a)

Use hands to move the record back and forth under the needle.

b)

It means you have an itch and need to do something about it.

c)

When a track accidentally skips.

17.

Which dance style is associated with hip hop music?

a)

Breakdancing

b)

Disco dancing

c)

Ballet dancing

d)

Clogging

18.

The four elements of Hip Hop: Graffiti, DJ'ing, MC'ing and __________

a)

Singing

b)

Breakdancing

c)

Guitar playing

d)

Drumming

19.

"Scratching" refers to using which type of media?

a)

Cassettes

b)

Vinyl Records

c)

CDs

d)

mp3s

20.

Who is called the "father of hip hop?"

a)

DJ Kool Herc

b)

Grandmaster Flash

c)

Cool Hand Luke

d)

Afrika Bambaataa

21.

What hit song by The Shadows became a popular beat in many rap songs and party mixes:

a)

Apache

b)

The Breaks

c)

The Roundabout

d)

Jailhouse Rock

22.

Hip-hop's first top 40 song, which introduce the world to rap:

a)

"The Message"

b)

"Rapper's Delight"

c)

"The Breaks"

d)

"Planet Rock"