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Caribbean History
Haiti
Reggae
West Side Story
Other Caribbean Music
100
Another name for the Caribbean.
What is the West Indies?
100
Their national language.
What is Creole French?
100
The island it originated from.
What is Jamaica?
100
The names of the two gangs in this story.
What are the Jets and the Sharks?
100
National dance-song from Trinidad and Tobago.
What is calypso?
200
Three main languages spoken in the Caribbean.
What are French, Spanish and English?
200
Haitian pop music.
What is compas?
200
The traditional more-acoustic version of reggae.
What is mento?
200
The ethnicity of the Sharks.
What is Puerto Rican?
200
Distinct instrument in calypso music.
What are steel drums?
300
African influences in Caribbean music. (2)
What are syncopated rhythms and call and response?
300
Where the rhythms of compas come from.
What is merengue?
300
The band that made reggae popular outside of Jamaica.
Who are Bob Marley and the Wailers?
300
The couple modeling after Romeo and Juliet in this story.
Who are Tony and Maria?
300
Common instruments in Mento. (3)
What are the flute, guitar and bass.
400
English speaking islands in the Caribbean. (3)
What are Jamaica, The Bahamas, and Trinidad & Tobago?
400
Musical interludes in merengue.
What are mambos?
400
A distinct characteristic of reggae music.
What are off-beat chords?
400
The leaders of the Sharks and the Jets.
Who are Bernado and Riff?
400
A short repeated pattern of notes.
What is ostinato?
500
Spanish speaking islands of the Caribbean. (3)
What are Cuba, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic?
500
The year in which Haiti gained independence from France.
What is 1804?
500
The decade in which reggae gained popularity.
What are the 1970s?
500
The city in which this story takes place.
What is New York City?
500
The original inhabitants of the Caribbean.
What are the Arawak and Carib American-Indians?