Match the following:

a. mambo
b. clave
c. montuno
d. son
e. cha-cha-cha
f. triplet
g. downtown Latin style
h. barrio
i. cubop
j. tumbao
k. Uptown Latin style
l. Desi Arnaz
m. Tito Puente
n. Latin percussion instruments
1. His mambo orchestra popularized Latin music through the medium of television.
2. This Cuban-inspired dance fad came after the mambo and quickly spread to the US from white Cubans
in the early 1950s.
3. A fusion of Latin and jazz music.
4. A watered-down version of Afro-Cuban music intended for white audiences.
5. The most characteristic style of Afro-Cuban music which was popular in Cuba during the early 20th
century.
6. Considered by Latinos to be the "king of mambo."
7. In Afro-Cuban music, a syncopated repeated phrase, usually played on the piano.
8. The Latin music hybrid that combined son with big band jazz.
9. The characteristic rhythm of Afro-Cuban music
10. This term describes the congas, bongos, maracas, and cowbells.
11. The division of a beat into three equal parts.
12. A syncopated bass pattern characteristic of Afro-Cuban music.
13. Spanish word for Latin district.
14. The sound of authentic Afro-Cuban music in the 1940s and '50s.

1. ANS: L PTS: 1
2. ANS: E PTS: 1
3. ANS: I PTS: 1
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8. ANS: A PTS: 1
9. ANS: B PTS: 1
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14. ANS: K

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