Latin American Music

What are the three official languages of Latin America?

• German, Spanish, and British

• Spanish, Portuguese, and French

• Irish, Guarani, and Spanish

• Russian, Portuguese, and Quechua

What are there instruments did the Spaniards and Portuguese settlers introduced to the native people throughout Latin America?

• drum and other percussion instruments

• flute and other wind instruments

• guitar and other stringed instruments

• maracas and other shakable instruments

A dance-oriented music style that came from the coastal region of Colombia and Panama.

• Cumbia

• Cha Cha Cha

• Reggae

• Bossa Nova

Bob Marley is an internationally acclaimed Jamaican singer of what genre?

• Cha Cha Cha

• Cumbia

• Reggae

• Tango

It is a musical genre with elements from American jazz, and rhythm and blues.

• Tango

• Cumbia

• Rock

• Ska

Who is this Cuban composer and violinist who introduced Cha-Cha-Cha?

• Enrique Gil

• Enrique Jorrin

• Enrique Iglesias

• Enrique Jarden

It is derived from the sound of the scraper and the rhythm of the shuffling feet of the dancers.

• Tango

• Cumbia

• Cha-Cha-Cha

• Bossa Nova

This musical genre formed from the fusion of samba rhythm and the complex harmonies and improvised passages of jazz.

• Tango

• Bossa Nova

• Reggae

• Cumbia

It is characterized by a close hold, a low center of gravity and an emphasis on Contra Body movement.

• Tango

• Cumbia

• Bossa Nova

• Cha-Cha-Cha

It is distinguished by being percussion-heavy, with a signature double beat.

• Tango

• Cha-Cha-Cha

• Cumbia

• Bossa Nova