Vocabulary

Question 1

Indigenous food

Answer 1

originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa. 2. innate; inherent; natural (usually followed by to): feelings indigenous to human beings.

Question 2

Rations

Answer 2

allow each person to have only a fixed amount

Question 3

Scurvy

Answer 3

a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by swollen bleeding gums and the opening of healed wounds

Question 4

Food Habits

Answer 4

Cultural and religious diets. Dietary habits are the habitual decisions a person or culture makes when choosing what foods to eat. Many cultures hold some food preferences and some food taboos. Dietary choices can also define cultures and play a role in religion.

Question 5

Multiculturalism

Answer 5

Multiculturalism” is the co-existence of diverse cultures, where culture includes racial, religious, or cultural groups and is manifested in customary behaviours, cultural assumptions and values, patterns of thinking, and communicative styles

Question 6

Cuisine

Answer 6

a style or method of cooking, especially as characteristic of a particular country, region, or establishment

Question 7

Values

Answer 7

principles or standards of behaviour; one’s judgement of what is important in life.

Question 8

Beliefs

Answer 8

an acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof.

Question 9

Media

Answer 9

the main means of mass communication (television, radio, and newspapers) regarded collectively.

Question 10

Staple food

Answer 10

staple food, or simply a staple, is a food that is eaten routinely and in such quantities that it constitutes a dominant portion of a standard diet for a given people, supplying a large fraction of energy needs and generally forming a significant proportion of the intake of other nutrients as well.

Question 11

Hunter

Answer 11

a person or animal that hunts

Question 12

Gatherer

Answer 12

bring together and take in from scattered places or sources.

Question 13

Export

Answer 13

to send or transmit (ideas, institutions, etc.) to another place, especially to another country

Question 14

Import

Answer 14

to bring or introduce from one use, connection, or relation into another: foodstuffs imported from the farm.

Question 15

Migration

Answer 15

to go from one country, region, or place to another