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What happened in 1831 in Jamaica?
What is the 1831 slave revolt
100
His name was originally Ras Tafari Mekonnen, but after he was crowned king of Ethiopia his name changed to?
Who is Haile Selassie
100
a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. Often has a political or religious message.
What is Raggae music
100
a religion which developed in Jamaica in the 1930s, following the coronation of Haile Selassie I as Emperor of Ethiopia in 1930. Its adherents worship him in much the same way as Jesus in his Second Advent, or as God the Son
What is Rastafarianism
100
a strait in the Caribbean Sea, between the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola. The strait specifically lies between the easternmost region of Cuba and the northwest of Haiti. It then comes out near Jamaica and was a route to Central and South America in the past.
What is Windward Passage
200
What happened in 1834?
What is the abolishment of slavery in Jamaica
200
He was a preacher who intended to lead a peaceful protest on the island of Jamaica in 1931. He was hung after the revolt turned violent, but became known as playing an important role in the abolishment of slavery three years later.
Who is Sam Sharpe
200
a style of Jamaican folk music that predates and has greatly influenced ska and reggae music. this music typically features acoustic instruments, such as acoustic guitar, banjo, hand drums, and the rhumba box — a large mbira in the shape of a box that can be sat on while played. The rhumba box carries the bass part of the music.
What is Mento music
200
It was not really an ideology, a theological school, or a political program. It was rather a cluster of ideas and traditions and assumptions about being Christian in Africa that were shared by a group of Christian leaders in the period from 1890-1920.
What is Ethiopiamism
200
Communities that lived in Jamaica that were located in the middle of the island and made up of former slaves and run away slaves.
What is Maroon Communities
300
A Jamaican born man who is known as the first rasta. He was an early leader of Rastafarianism. He was imprisoned for his ideas, but later established the Rasta commune Pinnacle and grew marijuana as a cash crop.
Who is Leonard Howell
300
a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. It is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the off-beat.
What is Ska
300
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You lose your turn, and do not receive any points!!
300
Who are the indigenous (native) people of Jamaica? What happened to them?
What is the Arawak. They died out due to disease and abuse.
400
Groundation Day is a Rastafarian holiday celebrated due to whose visit to Jamaica in what year?
What is Haile Selassie's visit to Jamaica in April 21, 1966.
400
A Jamaican born man who became a master printer. He created the UNIA, and was the leader of the Back to Africa Movement. He also made a very special prediction in 1927. Who is he , and what was the prediction?
Who is Marcus Garvey. Marcus Garvey predicted that, "a black king would be crowned" in 1927.
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concept first became popular in the 1950s, in the ghettos of Kingston. DJs would load up a truck with a generator, turntables, and huge speakers and set up street parties. In the beginning, the DJs played American rhythm and blues music, but as time progressed and more local music was created, the sound migrated to a local flavor. They were big business, and represented one of the few sure ways to make money in the unstable economy of the area.
What is sound systems
400
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You get another turn, but do not receive any points
400
What war that lasted from 1729-1739 in Jamaica, and how did it end? What were the Maroons granted and what could they no longer do?
What is the Maroon War. The war ended with a treaty that granted the Maroons self-government, rights to fish and hunt on the land, and to be free of British harassment and enslavement, but they could no longer harbor escaped slaves.
500
In 1865 a revolt was held on the island of Jamaica. Who led the revolt? Why did it start? What happened?
What is the Morrant Bay Revolt. The Revolt was led by Paul Bogle. The revolt started when an innocent person was arrested for trespassing. The people revolting set fire to the courthouse where a meeting was being held.
500
This man became the symbol of Rasta Music across the world. His face is seen on clothing and artwork.
What is Bob Marley
500
a form of ritual drumming performed as a communal meditative practice in the Rastafarian tradition in Jamaica.
What is Nyabinghi
500
Name six symbols of Rastafarianism
What are the lion of judah, the rasta flag or colors, dreadlocks, Ital diet, the chalice, and ganja
500
Who was the most famous privateer in Jamaica? What was the position granted to him after the Panama raid?
What is Henry Morgan. After the Panama raid he was knighted and given the position of Lieutenant Governor by the the King of England.