LAS 400: Colombian Salsa

A vibrant and colorful salsa dance scene in Colombia, featuring dancers in traditional attire with a backdrop of the Cali skyline and lush landscapes.

Salsa & Culture: Test Your Knowledge

Welcome to the Colombian Salsa Quiz! Dive deep into the vibrant world of Colombian salsa and its rich cultural heritage. This quiz will challenge your knowledge about the origins, genres, and the historical events that shaped salsa music in Colombia. Are you ready to find out how much you really know?

  • Explore the fascinating history of salsa in Colombia
  • Test your understanding of Colombian geography and its influence on music
  • Discover the different genres and cultural nuances within salsa
17 Questions4 MinutesCreated by DancingFlame421
What is origin myth?
Vital parts of cultural beliefs--context of nations, ethnic groups, or subcultural scenes
Stories that are made up through dances and ancestry
It is a type of dance
It is the belief of where music comes from and how it is made up
Where is Cali located?
South West
South East
South
North East
What tribe lived in Cali before it was colonized?
Caciques
Caliques
Calisas People
Calina People
What were Colombian mostly known for?
Salt
Sugar & Gold
Coffee & Salsa
Salsa
What made Colombia grow?
Salsa music influenced everyone in the community to migrate
Coffee brought various people from Latin America
Construction of a railway line linking the interior pacific coastal of Buena Aventura
La Violencia
What is Zone Cafetera?
Coffee-growing region
Gold region
Coffee businesses starting growing in the community of Colombia and it is the zone where Coffee is mostly found and served
None of the above
What is the order of the events that happened?
La violencia -> expansion of worked -> sugar industry expansion -> Migration
Migration -> expansions of sugar industry -> La Violencia -> Expansion of workers
National Sugar Industry expansion -> Migration -> La Violencia -> Expansions of workers
National Sugar industry expansion -> Expansion of Workers -> Migration -> La Violencia
What is the catchphrase Cali is known for?
Cali Pachanguera
Cali Pachamanca
Cali es Cali
Cali Pachanguitera
How are people from Bogota called?
Cachacos
Paisas
Bella
Bambucos
What genre is known for their accordion-based style?
Salsa
Pasillos
Vallenatos
Bachata
Where is Andes?
Western Colombia
Southern Colombia
Eastern Colombia
Northern Colombia
Where is Joropo played in geographically?
South east by grassy plains
Pacific where it is predominately afro-colombian population
Everywhere in colombia
None of the above
What genre was formed about Afro-Costeño forms were appropriated?
Antillana
Champeta
Vallenatos
Salsa
When the large wave of Dominican Migration to NY happen?
1970's and 1980's
1960's
1950's
1980's & 1990's
Salsa is spread all over Colombia
True
False
Currulao is spread all over Colombia
True
False
Champeta and Terapia is the same genre
True
False
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