American Music - Plantation Songs

American Music - Plantation Songs

7th - 8th Grade

8 Qs

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American Music - Plantation Songs

American Music - Plantation Songs

Assessment

Quiz

Arts, Other, Performing Arts

7th - 8th Grade

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the settlers bring to United States that would be

the greatest influence on American music?

Manufactured goods

Guitars

Slaves

Horses

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where did the African slaves use to work?

Schools

Supermarkets

Cotton fields

Police

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name given to the songs the slaves used to sing while working?

Work songs or

Plantation songs

Pop songs

Rock songs

K-pop songs

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The slaves used to sing plantation songs to...

advertise your products

liven up the parties

congratulate the groom and bride on the weeding

express anger and frustration through creativity

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sometimes slaves used plantation songs to hide a second meaning.

They used the plantation songs to...

pass down information about the lived experience of enslaved people

tell jokes

communicate with their lover

arrange with their friends the time to meet without the parents knowing

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of the form where the first voice starts, and after a couple of measures, the second voice starts singing the same material played by the first voice?

Sonata form

Round form

Ternary form

Binary form

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who colonized the United States of America?

Chinese

German

Australian

British

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

WHy were some slaves not allowed to play the drums?

Their owners thought they would start a rebellion.

The sound annoyed the owners.

Because slaves used them celebrate.

The drums scared away animals.