Region
Culture and influences
African Food
True or False
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100
Is Africa a country, or a continent?
Africa is the second largest continent in the world, in both area and population.
100
What is one melon that came from Africa that is now common in the U.S?
Watermelon came to the U.S. with Enslaved Africans that also brought black-eyed peas, okra, yams, and some peppers.
100
What is the most popular dish in Africa?
Fufu is one of the most popular foods in West and Central Africa.
100
True or False.
Fruits are the most common food eaten in Africa.
True.
There are tons of fruits in Africa like bananas, pineapples, dates, figs, olives, and citrus.
100
Can someone point to Africa.
That's right good job! Its below Europe.
200
What is Africa's climate like?
Africa's climate is dominated by desert conditions but as you get closer to the central portion of the continent its wetter, with tropical rainforests, grasslands, and semi-arid climates.
200
What are some common African traditions?
African Traditions are expressed through music, art, dance and sculpture. These traditions are deeply ingrained into the whole African culture.
200
What is the most popular cooking method in Africa?
Roasting which refers to cooking food over an open fire without water.
200
True or False.
Tea originated in Africa.
False.
Coffee originated in Africa. Coffee traces its heritages back to centuries to the ancient coffee forests on the Ethiopian Plateau. Legend says the goat herder Kaldi first discovered the potential of these beloved beans.
300
What crops are grown in Africa?
Among the five crops of African origin that are most produced in Africa today yam, African rice, sorghum, pearl millet, and cowpea.
300
Why is food important to African Culture?
Food is extremely important to the African culture do to it being used to celebrate, to mourn and even communicate with a higher power.
300
What is the national dish of Africa?
South African Bobotie is the beloved African dish. It is a true comfort food that is served with yellow rice called geelrys. The dish is minced curried meat casserole with an egg custard topping.
300
True or False.
In some areas, traditional East Africans consume the milk and blood of cattle, but rarely the meat.
True.
400
What is the average temperature of central Africa?
In Central African Republic, the summers are short, hot, muggy, and overcast and the winters are long, warm, oppressive, wet, and mostly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 64°F to 94°F and is rarely below 59°F.
400
What is Africa's economy like?
In Africa more than 60 percent of population engages in farming. Their economy is predominately agricultural due to their abundance in natural resources.
400
What crops are foundational to African diets?
The key crops in an African diet are barley, millets and sorghum, as well as cowpea and leafy vegetables in order to achieve food security and nutrition.
400
True or False
African cuisine from Southern Africa is sometimes called "Rainbow cuisine"
True
400
What is this African dish?
It is Jollof rice which was originally a fish-based recipe. But now, its common to find it with a chicken garnish.
500
African cuisine can be broken down in a few regions. What regions are they.
Northern, Southern, Central, Eastern, and Western Africa. North African cuisine is the most popular of the cuisines in the United States, though touches of the others are gaining popularity too.
500
What is the culinary history in Africa?
The roots of African cuisine goes back thousands of years to the Bronze Age in Northeast Africa, when early civilizations began cultivating grains such as barley and wheat. Grains, barley, and wheat have a huge influence on African cuisine today.
500
What challenges does the African food system face?
The African food system has been facing many struggles. Some of these struggles include extreme weather events and climate change, limited levels of yield-increasing technologies, dependency on rainfed agriculture and low levels of irrigation, and in most recent years COVID-19.
500
True or False
Tiger meat is consumed the most in Africa.
False
China consumes tiger meat the most out of any other country in the world.