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BHM QUIZZ

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What month is Black History Month?

a)

January

b)

February

c)

March

d)

June

2.

What are the two main origins of Black Dance?

a)

Irish Dance & Bollywood

b)

Modern & Ballet

c)

African & Slave Dances

d)

Hip Hop & Tap

3.

What 20th Century Dances came from the slave dances

a)

Charleston & Cakewalk

b)

Running Man & Cabbage patch

c)

Salsa & Tango

d)

Whip & Nae Nae

4.

What was the name of the most popular slave dance in the Caribbean?

a)

Salsa

b)

Bachata

c)

Merengue

d)

Calenda

5.

Name the dance that made fun of the slaves masters

a)

Tango

b)

Cakewalk

c)

Ballet

d)

Jig

6.

Name a dance from the 1920's that was named after a city in South Carolina

a)

The Charleston

b)

The New Yorker

c)

The Kansas City Stroll

d)

The Philadelphia Strut

7.

Where did the Cuba Rumba originate?

a)

North America

b)

England

c)

Cuba

d)

Scotland

8.

Name the person whose name is William Henry Lane and was famous for dancing the jig.

a)

Sandman Sims

b)

Buster Brown

c)

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson

d)

Master Juba

9.

Where in NY became home to blacks from different cultures?

a)

Harlem

b)

Manhattan

c)

The Bronx

d)

Brooklyn

10.

Which Broadway Show promoted The Charleston?

a)

Mean Girls

b)

Wicked

c)

Running Wild

d)

Lion King

11.

What dancer devoted herself to fighting racism & segregation?

a)

Martha Graham

b)

Pearl Primus

c)

Josephine Baker

d)

Florence Mills

12.

Who was the first African American to run a British white dance company?

a)

Sammy Davis Jr.

b)

Buster Brown

c)

Buddy Bradley

d)

Gregory Hines

13.

What was the name of the show performed by whites wearing blackface (darkening their faces) that imitated the slave dancers?

a)

Dougie

b)

Minstrel Show

c)

Electric Slide

d)

Harlem Renaissance

14.

What was the name of the place where African rituals & ceremonies were kept alive?

a)

Times Square

b)

The Eiffel Tower

c)

The Mall of America

d)

Congo Square

15.

The minstrel show was when the whites wore black face and made fun of the slaves, the slaves were upset at this.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE