2nd Latin-American

Question 1

This music exploded in popularity with Luis Fonsi’s song “______”

Answer 1

Despacito

Question 2

This is the second most viewed on YouTube and it won numerous awards.

Answer 2

Despacito

Question 3

Is a vital part of understanding the history and people of Latin America

Answer 3

Music

Question 4

The region’s _____ and _____ are a product of cultural exchanges.

Answer 4

Diversity, Complexity

Question 5

Native groups used music and dances as ______

Answer 5

Integral parts of daily life.

Question 6

It is the most important element of Latin music.

Answer 6

Polyrhythm

Question 7

One of the rights given to African slaves was to

Answer 7

Perform their drums.

Question 8

Latin music roots trace back from ancient American civilization as a ___________ music

Answer 8

Mayan and Andean

Question 9

They arrived in Latin America in the 15th century. They introduced new instruments like the Spanish guitar which is actually a moor descent.

Answer 9

Columbus and the Europeans

Question 10

Paired of small open-bottomed drums of different sizes.

Answer 10

Bongos

Question 11

Empty gourd with a ragged surface that produces a rasping sound when scrapped with a stick.

Answer 11

Guiro

Question 12

Ancient vessel flute of 4-12 finger holes and a mouthpiece projecting from its body.

Answer 12

Ocarina

Question 13

Tall narrow single-headed drum staved like barrels

Answer 13

Conga

Question 14

A pair of short wooden sticks that produce a bright clicking noise when it’s stuck together.

Answer 14

Claves

Question 15

A pan flute made up of a series of cane tubes bound together.

Answer 15

Zampona

Question 16

Cumbia music in Colombia started as a _______ performed among the slave communities and was later combined with European instruments.

Answer 16

Courtship dance

Question 17

It is a ballroom dance

Answer 17

Tango

Question 18

It was developed by the ______ in Argentina and Uruguay and transformed into a ______.

Answer 18

Urban lower classes
Distinctive cultural identity

Question 19

It originated from the word rumbear which means good times, going to parties, and dancing.

Answer 19

Rumba

Question 20

Rumba grew in ____ and developed in the _____

Answer 20

Cuba
Caribbean islands

Question 21

a fast rhythmic ballroom dance

Answer 21

Cha-cha

Question 22

Bossa nova originated in _____

Answer 22

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Question 23

Bossa nova fused _____ with indigenous Brazilian music.

Answer 23

Jazz elements

Question 24

Bossa nova is Portuguese for _____ it spurted from college students and university radio stations.

Answer 24

New trend

Question 25

Started when Jamaican musicians heard New Orleans RnB through transistor radios.

Answer 25

Reggae

Question 26

It developed their own up-tempo variation with skittering guitar and syncopated rhythms called ska.

Answer 26

Reggae

Question 27

These music can be heard live along famous beaches. These music styles are versatile.

Answer 27

Bossa nova and reggae music

Question 28

Example of an musician that wrote reggae music

Answer 28

Bob Marley

Question 29

It talks about social and political issues while another band called Magic! Performed love songs.

Answer 29

Reggae

Question 30

Was named an international intangible cultural heritage treasure by the United Nations in 2018.

Answer 30

Reggae

Question 31

Give bossa nova singers and artists

Answer 31

- Sitti - Sofia - Richard poon - Tropical Depression - Brown Man Revival - Black yak

Question 32

Began in the theater houses in New York.

Answer 32

Foxtrot

Question 33

A Californian vaudeville actor.

Answer 33

Harry fox