Across
- 5. the fusion of West African with Black American music
- 9. originated around 1958 as a movement affecting a radical change in the classic Cuban Samba
- 11. a Caribbean island and unincorporated U.S. territory
- 14. Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Colombian dance music
- 17. an activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience
- 19. a country in the southern portion of North America
- 20. Jamaican sound dominated by bass guitar and drums
Down
- 1. the imparting of information or news
- 2. combines elements of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues, and often jazz
- 3. a country located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet
- 4. something done for enjoyment when one is not working
- 6. Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages
- 7. relating to or used for formal events of a religious or public nature
- 8. mainly religious, sometimes taken from psalms of Biblical Passages
- 10. largest Spanish-speaking nation in the world
- 12. a North American country of 50 states
- 13. its notes create soulful and expressive sound
- 15. a band in Mexico whose original ensemble consisted of violins, guitars, harp, and guitarron
- 16. African ______________ music is largely functional in nature
- 18. South African music featuring lively and uninhibited variation of the jitterbug