GENRES
Which Dominican dance style, performed to fast-paced music, is considered the national dance of the Dominican Republic?
Merengue
What Jamaican music genre was popularized worldwide in the 1970's?
Reggae
Wich is the name of the highly rythmic and danceable genre derivated from reggae in Jamaica?
Dancehall
What region of Colombia is known for its influence on the Afro-Colombian genres known as Currulao and Mapalé?
Pacific Coast
Which music genre is the precurssor of electronic music in colombia and is heavily influnced by african popular music?
Champeta
The Limbo dance, performed in Trinidad and Tobago during Carnival, is often accompanied by what type of music?
Calypso
Salsa music has its origins in which two countries?
Cuba and Puerto Rico
Among Reggaeton, Salsa, and Merengue, which is impossible to dance without a partner?
Salsa
What region of Colombia is known for its influence on the Afro-Colombian genre known as Currulao?
Cartagena
What Cuban music genre blends African rhythms with Spanish melodies and laid the foundation for modern salsa?
Son Cubano
What style of music, originating in Puerto Rico, mixes hip-hop, Latin, and Caribbean sounds and became popular worldwide in the 2000s?
Reggaeton
Wich french speaking nation is the birthplace of the genre known as Compás?
Haiti
Which Cuban dance, characterized by rapid footwork and sharp movements, influenced the international ballroom style?
Cha-cha-cha
Which two countries are the birthplace of the reggaeton rhythm?
Panama and Puerto Rico
Which Cuban singer was known for the hit song "Guantanamera"?
Celia Cruz
Bachata, known for its romantic lyrics and guitar-driven sound, comes from which Caribbean country?
Dominican Republic
Which genre, originating in Puerto Rico, is heavily influenced by African drumming and is a key part of the island’s cultural heritage?
Bomba
What partner dance, closely associated with caribbeanmusic, is characterized by simple steps and hip movements?
Bachata
Which Colombian genre is known for the use of the caja, guacharaca, and accordion?
Vallenato
Reggae music is known for its deep connection to which spiritual and social movement that originated in Jamaica?
Rastafarianism
Which genre, originating in Jamaica in the 1950s, blends American jazz and rhythm and blues with Caribbean sounds?
Ska
Zouk music, characterized by its fast tempo and electronic sound, originated from which two Caribbean french spreaking islands?
Guadeloupe and Martinique.
Mention at least 3 rythmic instruments of the caribbean music.
Congas, Timpani, clave, drums, maracas, cymbals, etc...
Wich music genre is a blend of indigenous, european and african muic?
Cumbia
Mention all 4 Greater Antilles
Jamaica, Cuba, The Hispaniola, Puerto Rico