Question 1 (0.15 points) Salsa is a hybrid with influences from Question 1 optio

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Question 1 (0.15 points)

Salsa is a hybrid with influences from

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Cuba

Puerto Rico

Jazz and R&B

All of the above

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Question 2 (0.15 points)

Which of the following does NOT describe samba?

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The national music of Mexico

Duple rhythm

Includes a soloist dancer or dancers with a circle of singers surrounding them

Of probable African origin

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Question 3 (0.15 points)

Typical son instrumentation could include

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the tres

standard guitars

various hand drums and percussion instruments

all of the above

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Question 4 (0.15 points)

Bomba y Plena developed side by side in the coastal lowlands of

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Brazil.

Argentina.

Puerto Rico.

Mexico

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Question 5 (0.15 points)

The modern Tejano sound emerged in the

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late 40s and early 50s.

late 50s and early 60s.

late 60s and early 70s.

late 70s and early 80s.

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Question 6 (0.15 points)

One out of ____ Americans uses terms like Latino, Tejano, Chicano, Mexicano, Nuyorican, Cuban, Nuevomexicano, Salvadoreño, or Colombiano to describe his or her heritage.

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three

five

eight

fifteen

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Question 7 (0.15 points)

Which female accordionist(s) claim(s) a new role previously reserved for men?

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La India Canela

Fefita La Grande

Ana Veydó

a and b

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Question 8 (0.15 points)

Bomba instruments include the

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subidor or primo (bomba barrel or drum)

maracas

cuá or fuá (two sticks played against the wood of the barrels or another piece of wood)

all of the above

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Question 9 (0.15 points)

Today, __________ are the largest Latino group in Chicago.

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Mexicans

Brazilians

Argentinians

Puerto Ricans

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Question 10 (0.15 points)

While there are now an estimated ____ all-women Mariachi bands of varying size nationwide, professional opportunities for such groups remain limited in the male-dominated Mariachi music world.

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10

30

60

90

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Question 11 (0.15 points)

In ________, the Mariachi Divas won the Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Album of the year.

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2009

2001

1999

1995

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Question 12 (0.15 points)

The youth of Chicago's Latino communities fuse mass media culture with musical influences from their parents' generation in modern___________.

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hip-hop

reggaetón

bossa nova

a and b

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Question 13 (0.15 points)

Latin Jazz emerged as a separate genre in the New York clubs of the ___________, where orchestras like Machito & His Afro-Cubans held court.

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1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

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Question 14 (0.15 points)

The best-known Chicano Rock band today is ________, whose members, since the 70s, have represented and explored the many facets of Chicano music and life.

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Los Lobos

El Chicano

Santana

Malo

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Question 15 (0.15 points)

Popular among Latinos and non-Latinos, Reggaetón is an important expression of urban pan-Latino identity and pride.

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Question 16 (0.15 points)

The Domincan Republic and Brooklyn, New York are hotbeds of Merengue típico.

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Question 17 (0.15 points)

The one indispensable and defining element of Plena is the pandereta, a round hand drum that comes in different sizes.

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Question 18 (0.15 points)

Nueva canción, also known as trova and canto, began as a movement that supported the political dictatorships of the times.

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Question 19 (0.15 points)

Bomba music was a source of political and spiritual expression for enslaved Africans in the 17th century.

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Question 20 (0.15 points)

The October 2013 Women's Museum of California exhibition on Women in Mariachi, based on strong research in ethnomusicology and sociology, was unprecedented at a major venue in a major urban market.

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Cuba

Puerto Rico

Jazz and R&B

All of the above

Explanation / Answer

1 All the above 2 The national music of Mexico 3 all of the above 4 Puerto Rico. 5 late 50s and early 60s 6 three 7 a and b 8 all of the above 9 Mexicans 10 90 11 2009 12 a and b 13 1940s 14 Los Lobos 15 TRUE 16 TRUE 17 TRUE 18 FALSE 19 TRUE 20 TRUE

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