I. Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and
write FALSE if the statement is incorrect.
1. Ballroom dancing began in the 17th and 18th centuries in
Europe when kings and queens were entertained by dancing performances, but it
became popular with the masses in the early 1900s.
2. Ballroom dancing was originated from Latin word
"BALLARE” which means "TO MOVE"
3. Ballroom dancing applies to any one of several dances in
which two individuals, a "leader" and a "follower", dance with physical contact.
4. Ballroom dancing is a form of social dancing whose primary
purpose is for recreation and entertainment.
5. Ballroom dancing also is a form of exercise or personal
enjoyment
6. Ballroom dancing is also known as "pair dancing".
7. Competitive dance is also known as "dance sport".
8. In 20th century, ballroom dancing became an integral part of
Physical Education in American public and in private schools.
9. Toward the latter half of the 17th century, Louis XIV founded
his' Académic Royal de Musique et de Dance', where specific rules for the
execution of every dance and the "five positions of the feet were formulated for
the first time by members of the Academic.
10. The second authoritative knowledge of the earliest ballroom
dances was recorded toward the end of the 16th century, when Jehan Tabourot,
under the pen name "Thoinut-Arbeau", published in 1588 his Orchésographie