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Music History Review
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A quiz for AMU2O to review the history unit!
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1
This man is widely considered the most influential guitarist in modern rock history
Paul McCartney
Jimi Hendrix
Michael Jackson
Jim Morrison
2
In what decade did the British Invasion occur?
1960s
1980s
1990s
1970s
3
Songs associated with a movement for social change are called what?
Protest songs
Pop songs
Motown
Counter-culture
4
DJ Alan Freed was credited with coining what term in 1951?
Rock and Roll
Counter-culture
Classic Pop
Rhythm and Blue
5
Which of the following is
NOT
a social/political event from the 1980s?
Woodstock
Fall of the Berlin Wall
War on drugs
Assassination of John Lennon
6
True or False:
Elvis was known for taking songs from African-American musicians.
True
False
7
True or False: 70s hip hop was influenced by classic pop and country rock.
True
False
8
True or False: American Bandstand played a more clean-cut version of rock and roll.
False
True
9
True or False:
East coast hip hop featured original hip hop sounds and elements
False
True
10
What is common among disco, hip hop and punk of the 1970s?
All genres based on feeling and not virtuosity
All genres closely related to dance
All genres gave their followers a sense of belonging
All genres developed out of African American communities
11
Who is the leading singer of Nirvana?
Elvis Presley
John Lennon
Dave Grohl
Kurt Kobain
12
Hip hop artists like NWA used their music to stand up against what?
Racism
Society
The police
Their enemies
13
Alternative rock in the 80s was influenced by what?
Mainstream music
Folk
All of the above
Punk
14
Why was MTV so important to the music industry?
Music became about image and theatrics
Musicians started to work harder to create original music
Music became more exciting
Music became more portable
15
True or False:
Disco developed in Detroit in the 1960s?
True
False
16
The psychedelic movement was influenced by non-Western sources such as:
Ragas and sitars
Bossa nova
Minzu yingyue
Bongos
17
Which genre of music is defined by the heavy use of drum machines and synthesizers?
80s pop
Classic pop
Disco
Hard rock
18
What music of the 1970s is based on feeling and not virtuosity, or talent.
Punk
Rock
Hip hop
Disco