WorksheetsBHM QUIZZ
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What month is Black History Month?
January
February
March
June
What are the two main origins of Black Dance?
Irish Dance & Bollywood
Modern & Ballet
African & Slave Dances
Hip Hop & Tap
What 20th Century Dances came from the slave dances
Charleston & Cakewalk
Running Man & Cabbage patch
Salsa & Tango
Whip & Nae Nae
What was the name of the most popular slave dance in the Caribbean?
Salsa
Bachata
Merengue
Calenda
Name the dance that made fun of the slaves masters
Tango
Cakewalk
Ballet
Jig
Name a dance from the 1920's that was named after a city in South Carolina
The Charleston
The New Yorker
The Kansas City Stroll
The Philadelphia Strut
Where did the Cuba Rumba originate?
North America
England
Cuba
Scotland
Name the person whose name is William Henry Lane and was famous for dancing the jig.
Sandman Sims
Buster Brown
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
Master Juba
Where in NY became home to blacks from different cultures?
Harlem
Manhattan
The Bronx
Brooklyn
Which Broadway Show promoted The Charleston?
Mean Girls
Wicked
Running Wild
Lion King
What dancer devoted herself to fighting racism & segregation?
Martha Graham
Pearl Primus
Josephine Baker
Florence Mills
Who was the first African American to run a British white dance company?
Sammy Davis Jr.
Buster Brown
Buddy Bradley
Gregory Hines
What was the name of the show performed by whites wearing blackface (darkening their faces) that imitated the slave dancers?
Dougie
Minstrel Show
Electric Slide
Harlem Renaissance
What was the name of the place where African rituals & ceremonies were kept alive?
Times Square
The Eiffel Tower
The Mall of America
Congo Square
The minstrel show was when the whites wore black face and made fun of the slaves, the slaves were upset at this.
TRUE
FALSE
