What are some of the prominent and popular Latin American percussion instruments? How are they played? What cordophone “figures prominently in Latin American folk music”?

What will be an ideal response?


• claves, bongos, congas, and maracas
• beaten or shaken
• the guitar in many different distinctive sizes and shapes

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In the context of styles of filmmaking, unlike the Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu, the Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi:

A. cultivated a style of long-shot framings. B. preferred short takes. C. maintained an everyday humor in all of his films. D. proved to be a master of static.

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The introduction of iron-forging technology to Mesopotamia was by the

A. Phoenicians. B. Hebrews. C. Hittites. D. Egyptians.

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Piaget used conservation problems to determine if children had entered the

a. concrete operations stage. b. sensorimotor stage. c. preoperational stage. d. formal operations stage.

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The period that followed the debut of metalworking is generally known as the __________ Age

A. Stone B. Weapon C. Bronze D. Iron

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