The Importance of Food in Society

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True or false: Food is the largest industry in the world?

True

True or false: Foodways refer to the beliefs and behaviors related to the production, distribution, and consumption of food?

True

True or false: The Aztec civilization was located in Central Mexico?

True

True or false: The Columbian Exchange occurred between Europe and South America?

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True or false: Spices were valued because they added new taste and smell to food?

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the following statements with their correct descriptions:

<p>Foodways = Beliefs and behaviors related to the production, distribution, and consumption of food Culture = The knowledge that indigenous in society share and use to interpret their experience as they act in/upon the world Culinary = Beliefs and behaviors related to food in a sedentary civilization The Columbian Exchange = The exchange of goods and ideas between Europe and South America</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the following civilizations with their corresponding regions:

<p>Aztec = Central Mexico Maya = Southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras Inca = Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia Dutch = New York (previously called New Amsterdam)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the following characteristics with their description:

<p>Shared, learned, and symbolic = Characteristics of foodways Contested and subject to change = Characteristics of foodways Essential to our survival = Characteristics of food Part of what makes societies unique = Characteristics of foodways</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the following words with their correct meanings:

<p>Spices = Ingredients valued for adding new taste and smell to food Culinary = Related to food and cooking Indigenous = Native or originating from a specific region Sedentary = Settled lifestyle, not nomadic</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the following statements with their correct descriptions:

<p>New World = Refers to the Americas Columbus = Associated with the discovery of spices Dutch = Connected to conflicts in New York (previously called New Amsterdam) Food and culture = Foodways can reveal a lot about culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

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