Musical Heritage and CultureQuiz

1.

What is folk music?

2.

African American Spirituals sometimes contained coded messages about escape routes. What was this escape network called?

3.

What is 'polyrhythm,' a characteristic of many African musical traditions?

4.

The Haka is a cultural tradition from which country?

5.

How can learning folk music from another culture build empathy?

6.

What happens to a community's cultural identity when its folk music is lost?

7.

Why is it important to understand the cultural context before learning a song from another culture?