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Mestizo is |
| | A) | Latin America’s main so-called indigenous music. |
| | B) | a popular Indian flute-like instrument. |
| | C) | a Spanish/Indian dance. |
| | D) | a South American religious ceremony. |
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Mestizo musical traditions were influenced by |
| | A) | the Protestant Reformation. |
| | B) | Spanish tunes. |
| | C) | Catholic missionaries from Spain. |
| | D) | Catholic missionaries from Italy. |
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Assimilation occurs when |
| | A) | people cross national boundaries to live and work. |
| | B) | immigrant groups gradually adopt the characteristics of a host society. |
| | C) | one culture is compared with another. |
| | D) | one culture rejects another. |
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A chordophone is a |
| | A) | harmonic sound. |
| | B) | harmonic progression. |
| | C) | primitive communications device. |
| | D) | stringed instrument. |
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Zydeco is |
| | A) | a Mexican stringed instrument. |
| | B) | folk music of white Cajuns. |
| | C) | Cajun music combined with the blues. |
| | D) | none of the above. |
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Reggae is derived from |
| | A) | Mexican culture. |
| | B) | Jamaican culture. |
| | C) | Cuban culture. |
| | D) | Creole culture. |
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Salsa is originally |
| | A) | Afro-Cuban. |
| | B) | Afro-Jamaican. |
| | C) | Mexican-Brazilian. |
| | D) | Mexican-American. |
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Klezmer is |
| | A) | Mexican-American. |
| | B) | Jewish-American. |
| | C) | French-Canadian. |
| | D) | none of the above. |
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Bob Marley was influential in developing and popularizing |
| | A) | klezmer. |
| | B) | zydeco. |
| | C) | reggae. |
| | D) | bossa nova. |
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Clifton Chenier is the “king” of |
| | A) | zydeco. |
| | B) | creole. |
| | C) | salsa. |
| | D) | klezmer. |
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The most popular salsa band leader was |
| | A) | Bob Marley. |
| | B) | Freddie Fender. |
| | C) | Celia Cruz. |
| | D) | Tito Puente. |
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The main instrument in Cajun dance music since the early days is the |
| | A) | accordion. |
| | B) | fiddle. |
| | C) | guitar. |
| | D) | banjo. |
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Reggae evolved from two Jamaican styles called |
| | A) | mariachi and ska. |
| | B) | salsa and rocksteady. |
| | C) | ska and rocksteady. |
| | D) | salsa and bossa nova. |
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The bajo sexto is |
| | A) | a folk dance of Latin America. |
| | B) | a Mexican 12-string guitar. |
| | C) | a Mexican folk song. |
| | D) | a Tex-Mex song form. |
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Native American music is |
| | A) | considered part of the American folk music tradition. |
| | B) | considered to be world music, unrelated to other American styles. |
| | C) | largely influenced by the folk music of Europe. |
| | D) | largely preserved in written musical scores. |
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Native Americans often sang with vocal sounds with no meaning called |
| | A) | vocables. |
| | B) | glissandos. |
| | C) | scat. |
| | D) | ska. |
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The most common scale used in Native American music was |
| | A) | major. |
| | B) | whole tone. |
| | C) | pentatonic. |
| | D) | octatonic. |
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The bossa nova style originated in |
| | A) | Mexico. |
| | B) | Brazil. |
| | C) | the border region between Texas and Mexico. |
| | D) | Puerto Rico. |
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Common instruments in a modern mariachi ensemble are |
| | A) | violin, guitar, and flute. |
| | B) | guitar, trumpet, and piano. |
| | C) | violin, folk harp, guitar, and trumpet. |
| | D) | flute, guitar, and bass. |
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The accordion was added to Cajun music in |
| | A) | the 1890s. |
| | B) | the 1920s. |
| | C) | the 1930s. |
| | D) | the 1940s. |
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