Instruments
Geography
History
Peoples
Music
100
Made of two pieces of wood, this instrument is played like rhythm sticks.
What are claves?
100
This country is an island to the south of the United States.
What is Cuba?
100
During the colonial period spanish farmers moved to cuba to grow this crop.
What is Tobacco?
100
This dance is a passionate slow moving dance of Cuba.
What is the Rumba?
100
The melody of Cuban music is derived from this part of the world.
What is Spain?
200
Created from rose wood bars and metal tubes, this instrument is played with mallets, and can be over 8 feet long.
What is the marimba?
200
The tobacco farmers of cuba came from this part of the world.
What is Spain?
200
Rich owners captured and bought slaves to work on these.
What are Sugar Plantations?
200
This dance has 8 major steps.
What is the rumba?
200
The rhythm of Cuban music typically can be traced back to this area of the world.
What is West African?
300
This pair of drums are made from metal and drum-heads. Played very quickly on both the sides and on the top.
What are the timbales?
300
The slaves on sugar plantations came from this part of the world.
What is west Africa?
300
This country is banned from having citizens on Cuban soil.
What is the United States?
300
This is a fast and fiery dance of Cuban music.
What is the Tango?
300
A series of five sycopated notes that fits into four steady beats.
What is the Latin Five?
400
This instrument is frequently used in contemporary American music. It is made of a hollow wood body and steel or nylon strings.
What is the guitar?
400
The capital city of Cuba.
What is Havana?
400
The blending of two cultures to together into a new single culture.
What is Transculturation?
400
The language that is typically spoken in Cuba.
What is Spanish?
400
A singer that speicallizes in the Rumba style of music.
Who is Gloria Estefan?
500
This instrument is made of 55 gallon oil barrels. It is hand hammer to tune. Played with special mallets.
What are steel drums?
500
This small bay is the only place in Cuba that Americans are allowed to be.
What is Guantanamo Bay?
500
The names of two major groups/tribes that were taken from West Africa.
What are the Yoruba and the Congolese?
500
[listening example] This is an example of this instrument.
What is the steel drum?
500
The music of cuba is a direct result of this term.
What is transculuturation?
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