Folk Music Traditions

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Instructions: Explore the rich tapestry of folk music from America and around the world!

1.
Which American folk singer wrote 'This Land Is Your Land'?
A
Woody Guthrie
B
Leadbelly
C
Pete Seeger
D
Bob Dylan
2.
Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016 for his contributions to what?
A
Journalism
B
Screenwriting
C
Songwriting and poetry
D
Novel writing
3.
The banjo, widely used in American folk and bluegrass, has roots in the music of which region?
A
West African musical traditions
B
Asian string instruments
C
Native American music
D
European classical music
4.
Which Scottish poet wrote 'Auld Lang Syne,' sung worldwide on New Year's Eve?
A
Robert Burns
B
Robert Louis Stevenson
C
Walter Scott
D
James Boswell
5.
What style of American roots music originated in the Appalachian Mountains?
A
Motown
B
Zydeco
C
Tejano
D
Bluegrass
6.
Pete Seeger popularized which folk song that became an anthem of the civil rights movement?
A
If I Had a Hammer
B
We Shall Overcome
C
Where Have All the Flowers Gone
D
Blowin' in the Wind
7.
Flamenco, a passionate form of music and dance, originates from which region of Spain?
A
Catalonia
B
Castile
C
Galicia
D
Andalusia
8.
The 1959 Kingston Trio recording of 'Tom Dooley' helped spark what cultural phenomenon?
A
The disco era
B
The British Invasion
C
The American folk music revival
D
The punk rock movement
9.
Which Irish instrument is a large triangular harp that appears on the country's coat of arms?
A
The tin whistle
B
The Celtic harp
C
The bodhran
D
The uilleann pipes
10.
Joan Baez performed at which historic 1963 event where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his 'I Have a Dream' speech?
A
The March on Washington
B
Woodstock
C
The Monterey Pop Festival
D
The Newport Folk Festival
11.
Ravi Shankar introduced which Indian folk instrument to Western audiences?
A
Sitar
B
Tabla
C
Sarod
D
Veena
12.
What is a 'sea shanty'?
A
A coastal folk dance
B
A house near the ocean
C
A work song sung by sailors
D
A type of fishing boat
13.
The 'blues' originated among African Americans in which region of the United States?
A
The Pacific Northwest
B
The Great Plains
C
The Deep South, especially the Mississippi Delta
D
New England
14.
The didgeridoo is a traditional wind instrument of which indigenous people?
A
The San of southern Africa
B
The Maori of New Zealand
C
The Aboriginal Australians
D
The Inuit of Canada
15.
Which American folk tradition involves competitive singing of improvised verses, often humorous or boastful?
A
The dozens
B
Call and response
C
Talking blues
D
Shape-note singing

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