This region spans from the southern border of the United States to the southern tip of South America and includes 20 sovereign states.
What is Latin America.
100
What does "guitarron" translate to?
What is large guitar.
100
The tango originated in what country?
What is Argentina.
100
This type of traditional music is played by a group in elaborate clothing singing songs about love, betrayal, death, politics, people, and even animals.
What is Mariachi
100
A type of Native American social gathering with singing, dancing, and is a celebration of culture.
What is a pow wow
200
This country sits on the south west coast of South America (next to Argentina).
What is Chile.
200
What is the difference between a ukelele and a charango?
The charango uses 5 pairs of double-strings; the ukelele uses singles
200
Most latin dance is social and relies heavily on making the steps up as they go..this is called..
What is improvisation
200
A political movement in which people began to sing about their own culture in the face of oppression either from their own government or abroad.
What is Nueva Cancion (New Song)
200
The birthplace of jazz.
What is New Orleans
300
This country is surrounded by Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Argentina.
What is Bolivia.
300
This instrument looks like a recorder, but sound is produced like a standard flute (blowing over the tone hole).
What is the quena.
300
This traditional dance is the National dance of Mexico and often performed by women with large, colorful skirts to mariachi music (hint: sombrero)
What is el Jarabe ("Mexican Hat Dance")
300
Ceremonial panpipe music from Bolivia.
What is K'antu
300
A Style of Jazz that sparked an era (1935-1945)
What is Swing
400
Name at least three latin american island countries.
What is Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Cayman Islands.
400
The k'antu style of music uses three types of instruments..what are they?