MUNM 3213 Midterm Exam questions
well answered passed
How Native American traditions are taught (Native American music, dance, and other
performance-based actions, such as storytelling, playing games, or social, ceremonial, and ritual
performances) - correct answer ✔✔Performative Traditions
Implies that these societies communicated primarily through sound, specifically through
storytelling - correct answer ✔✔Oral Traditions
First true form of American music; any style of music that is performed or created by someone
whose ancestors lived in North America prior to European contact in the 1400s - correct answer
✔✔Native American Music
Summary:
Indian: Columbus and other explorers were dumb and thought they were in India. They weren't.
Native American: They were here first.
American Indian: Combination of the first two.
Textbook (page 1):
"Used interchangeably to some extent in the U.S. (as well as the term Native being a shortened
version of Native American); the term Native American came about as a reaction to the
incorrect classification of Native Americans as "Indians" during the beginning of the colonial
,period starting with Christopher Columbus's arrival, as those early explorers thought they had
landed on the continent of India. Due to this term being in use for centuries, it is still prevalent.
This is a difficult subject to approach, as individual people all have different relationships and
views of these terms. In the 1960s and 1970s, Native communities asserted their sovereign right
to influence the terminology used to refer to the - correct answer ✔✔Indian/Native
American/American Indian
Native to a certain area - correct answer ✔✔Indigenous
Canadian Native Americans; includes Inuit, First Nations, and Métis - correct answer
✔✔Aboriginal
The Aboriginal population from the arctic region of North America and coastal areas of
Greenland; formerly known as Eskimos; 4 groups recognized by the Canadian government -
correct answer ✔✔Inuit vs Eskimo
Non-Inuit aboriginal people; approximately 100 groups recognized by the Canadian government
- correct answer ✔✔First Nations
Mixed indigenous and most often European descent - correct answer ✔✔Métis
In the United States, different groups refer to themselves as a tribe or a nation, whereas in
Canada, First Nations groups identity as nations. While this is not necessarily the case in the
United States, the word "tribe" in Canada can hold a derogatory association. As with tribe-
specific names, it is always best to refer to a group as its members would refer to themselves, as
says Albert Hale (past president of the Navajo Nation). - correct answer ✔✔Nations/Tribes
How our brains perceive sound wave frequency (high/low) - correct answer ✔✔Pitch
How high or low an instrument or singer can play or sing; the range between the lowest and the
highest note in a specific piece of music - correct answer ✔✔Pitch Range
, A single sound within a piece of music - correct answer ✔✔Note
Distance in pitch between two notes - correct answer ✔✔Interval
When multiple pitches are sung or played at the same time - correct answer ✔✔Harmony
Specific type of interval that occurs when the frequency ratio of the two notes is 2:1; octave
below A880 is A440, then A220, etc - correct answer ✔✔Octave
Combination of all of the pitches used in a song; assuming the song doesn't change to another
scale or key in the middle of the piece it is called modulation; different cultures/genres within
cultures can use variety of scales - correct answer ✔✔Scale
Mathematical system used to determine the exact pitch of each note in a musical scale - correct
answer ✔✔Tuning System
The timing of when sounds and silences occur within a piece of music; helps establish tempo;
can occur same pattern over and over (called a meter) - correct answer ✔✔Rhythm
A moment of silence in a piece of music - correct answer ✔✔Rest
Text: Words of a piece of music
Vocables: Generally one syllable in length; usually derived in some way from the language of the
culture; not meaningless words; sung sounds that derive meaning from the performative
tradition of their culture and the context in which they are used - correct answer
✔✔Text/Vocables
well answered passed
How Native American traditions are taught (Native American music, dance, and other
performance-based actions, such as storytelling, playing games, or social, ceremonial, and ritual
performances) - correct answer ✔✔Performative Traditions
Implies that these societies communicated primarily through sound, specifically through
storytelling - correct answer ✔✔Oral Traditions
First true form of American music; any style of music that is performed or created by someone
whose ancestors lived in North America prior to European contact in the 1400s - correct answer
✔✔Native American Music
Summary:
Indian: Columbus and other explorers were dumb and thought they were in India. They weren't.
Native American: They were here first.
American Indian: Combination of the first two.
Textbook (page 1):
"Used interchangeably to some extent in the U.S. (as well as the term Native being a shortened
version of Native American); the term Native American came about as a reaction to the
incorrect classification of Native Americans as "Indians" during the beginning of the colonial
,period starting with Christopher Columbus's arrival, as those early explorers thought they had
landed on the continent of India. Due to this term being in use for centuries, it is still prevalent.
This is a difficult subject to approach, as individual people all have different relationships and
views of these terms. In the 1960s and 1970s, Native communities asserted their sovereign right
to influence the terminology used to refer to the - correct answer ✔✔Indian/Native
American/American Indian
Native to a certain area - correct answer ✔✔Indigenous
Canadian Native Americans; includes Inuit, First Nations, and Métis - correct answer
✔✔Aboriginal
The Aboriginal population from the arctic region of North America and coastal areas of
Greenland; formerly known as Eskimos; 4 groups recognized by the Canadian government -
correct answer ✔✔Inuit vs Eskimo
Non-Inuit aboriginal people; approximately 100 groups recognized by the Canadian government
- correct answer ✔✔First Nations
Mixed indigenous and most often European descent - correct answer ✔✔Métis
In the United States, different groups refer to themselves as a tribe or a nation, whereas in
Canada, First Nations groups identity as nations. While this is not necessarily the case in the
United States, the word "tribe" in Canada can hold a derogatory association. As with tribe-
specific names, it is always best to refer to a group as its members would refer to themselves, as
says Albert Hale (past president of the Navajo Nation). - correct answer ✔✔Nations/Tribes
How our brains perceive sound wave frequency (high/low) - correct answer ✔✔Pitch
How high or low an instrument or singer can play or sing; the range between the lowest and the
highest note in a specific piece of music - correct answer ✔✔Pitch Range
, A single sound within a piece of music - correct answer ✔✔Note
Distance in pitch between two notes - correct answer ✔✔Interval
When multiple pitches are sung or played at the same time - correct answer ✔✔Harmony
Specific type of interval that occurs when the frequency ratio of the two notes is 2:1; octave
below A880 is A440, then A220, etc - correct answer ✔✔Octave
Combination of all of the pitches used in a song; assuming the song doesn't change to another
scale or key in the middle of the piece it is called modulation; different cultures/genres within
cultures can use variety of scales - correct answer ✔✔Scale
Mathematical system used to determine the exact pitch of each note in a musical scale - correct
answer ✔✔Tuning System
The timing of when sounds and silences occur within a piece of music; helps establish tempo;
can occur same pattern over and over (called a meter) - correct answer ✔✔Rhythm
A moment of silence in a piece of music - correct answer ✔✔Rest
Text: Words of a piece of music
Vocables: Generally one syllable in length; usually derived in some way from the language of the
culture; not meaningless words; sung sounds that derive meaning from the performative
tradition of their culture and the context in which they are used - correct answer
✔✔Text/Vocables
