MUNM-3213 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
T/F Whenever possible it is always best to refer to a person or a group of people by
their tribal affiliation rather than just referring to them as Native Americans - Answers -
True
T/F The Ponca, Cherokee, Navajo, Ute, and Apache are known as the Five Civilized
Tribes - Answers - False
T/F One of the goals of the American Indian boarding school was to assimilate the
Native children who attended the schools into westernized forms of culture - Answers -
True
T/F In the textbook I will use the terms Native American and American Indian
interchangeably - Answers - True
Christopher Columbus first encountered __________ - Answers - The Arawak
Expeditions led by _______ and subsequent conquistadores led to the fall of the Aztec
Empire, the beginning of Spanish power in the Southwest, the creation of New Spain,
and eventually the formation of modern day Mexico - Answers - Hernán Cortés
The indigenous people that have and currently inhabit the arctic region were previously
referred to as Eskimo, but preferred the term to use is ________ - Answers - Inuit
According to the movie Sousa on the Rez: Marching to the Beat are only four Native
American marching bands still performing are: - Answers - Zuni Pueblo
Navajo Nation
Iroquois Indian
Fort Mojave Indian Tribal
T/F The First Nations have adapted European musical dance forms such as the polka,
waltz, square dance, schottische, and jig, using these musical genres as the basis to
incorporate traditional indigenous dance steps. - Answers - False
T/F Vocables are not meaningless words, but are instead sung sounds that derive
meaning from the performative tradition of their culture and the context in which they are
used - Answers - True
T/F A width of the vibrato refers to how fast or slow the wavering of pitch is - Answers -
False
In the textbook the author references a group that is indigenous that instead of using
acoustic instruments the group is known for creating electronic dance music. What
group was the author discussing? - Answers - A Tribe Called Red
, What region is the snare drum typically found in? - Answers - Subarctic
What is Native American Music? - Answers - Any style of music that is performed or
created by someone whose ancestors lived in North America prior to European contact
in the 1400s.
What are the different types of drums discussed in the textbook? - Answers - Drum
Water Drum
Hand Drum
Snare Drum
A specific type of interval that occurs when the frequency ration of the two notes is a 2:1
ratio - Answers - Octave
The combination of all the pitches used in a song - Answers - Scale
How fast a piece of music is performed - Answers - Tempo
Refers to the timing of when sounds and silences occur within a price of music and
usually occur in somewhat predictable patterns, which helps establish the tempo of a
piece of music - Answers - Rhythm
The shape of the melody's pitch content - Answers - Melodic Contour
How loud of soft the music is - Answers - Dynamics
The six nations that are part of the Haudenosaunee confederacy are - Answers -
Onondaga
Seneca
Oneida
Mohawk
Cayuga
Tuscarora
T/F The Hiawatha belt symbolizes the unity of the five original Haudenosaunee nations -
Answers - False
T/F According to Perry, art is another way to share stories - Answers - True
T/F The members of the Haudenosaunee confederation together created a
metaphorical "longhouse" that based their government on working together and creating
peace rather than being enemies - Answers - True
T/F It is believed that the Haudenosaunee's formation of their confederacy helped form
the relationship of the US federal governments and States - Answers - True
T/F Whenever possible it is always best to refer to a person or a group of people by
their tribal affiliation rather than just referring to them as Native Americans - Answers -
True
T/F The Ponca, Cherokee, Navajo, Ute, and Apache are known as the Five Civilized
Tribes - Answers - False
T/F One of the goals of the American Indian boarding school was to assimilate the
Native children who attended the schools into westernized forms of culture - Answers -
True
T/F In the textbook I will use the terms Native American and American Indian
interchangeably - Answers - True
Christopher Columbus first encountered __________ - Answers - The Arawak
Expeditions led by _______ and subsequent conquistadores led to the fall of the Aztec
Empire, the beginning of Spanish power in the Southwest, the creation of New Spain,
and eventually the formation of modern day Mexico - Answers - Hernán Cortés
The indigenous people that have and currently inhabit the arctic region were previously
referred to as Eskimo, but preferred the term to use is ________ - Answers - Inuit
According to the movie Sousa on the Rez: Marching to the Beat are only four Native
American marching bands still performing are: - Answers - Zuni Pueblo
Navajo Nation
Iroquois Indian
Fort Mojave Indian Tribal
T/F The First Nations have adapted European musical dance forms such as the polka,
waltz, square dance, schottische, and jig, using these musical genres as the basis to
incorporate traditional indigenous dance steps. - Answers - False
T/F Vocables are not meaningless words, but are instead sung sounds that derive
meaning from the performative tradition of their culture and the context in which they are
used - Answers - True
T/F A width of the vibrato refers to how fast or slow the wavering of pitch is - Answers -
False
In the textbook the author references a group that is indigenous that instead of using
acoustic instruments the group is known for creating electronic dance music. What
group was the author discussing? - Answers - A Tribe Called Red
, What region is the snare drum typically found in? - Answers - Subarctic
What is Native American Music? - Answers - Any style of music that is performed or
created by someone whose ancestors lived in North America prior to European contact
in the 1400s.
What are the different types of drums discussed in the textbook? - Answers - Drum
Water Drum
Hand Drum
Snare Drum
A specific type of interval that occurs when the frequency ration of the two notes is a 2:1
ratio - Answers - Octave
The combination of all the pitches used in a song - Answers - Scale
How fast a piece of music is performed - Answers - Tempo
Refers to the timing of when sounds and silences occur within a price of music and
usually occur in somewhat predictable patterns, which helps establish the tempo of a
piece of music - Answers - Rhythm
The shape of the melody's pitch content - Answers - Melodic Contour
How loud of soft the music is - Answers - Dynamics
The six nations that are part of the Haudenosaunee confederacy are - Answers -
Onondaga
Seneca
Oneida
Mohawk
Cayuga
Tuscarora
T/F The Hiawatha belt symbolizes the unity of the five original Haudenosaunee nations -
Answers - False
T/F According to Perry, art is another way to share stories - Answers - True
T/F The members of the Haudenosaunee confederation together created a
metaphorical "longhouse" that based their government on working together and creating
peace rather than being enemies - Answers - True
T/F It is believed that the Haudenosaunee's formation of their confederacy helped form
the relationship of the US federal governments and States - Answers - True
