Louisiana Foods
Vocabulary
Music
Festivals
Miscellaneous
100
This dish came from the Creoles and the main ingredient is okra.
What is gumbo?
100
a way of doing something
What is custom?
100

Where does the accordion come from?

What is German?

100
This festival is the most famous in LA.
What is Mardi Gras?
100

Name the 4 main cultures that influenced Louisiana culture.

What is Spanish, Native American, Africans, French?

200
This is a type of sandwich eaten on a bun and stuffed with different kinds of meat.
What is a poboy?
200

is a behavior or action that has been handed down from a previous generation

What is a tradition?

200
This is Cajun music.
What is Zydeco.
200

Name one thing that you might see or do at a festival.

What is eat, dance, go to parade?

200

A person related to the Acadians who came from Canada in the 1700s.

What is Cajun?

300
Name 2 things that comes from Louisiana's water that people eat
What are shrimp, oysters, crawfish, or fish.
300

To be different or special

What is unique?

300
Name one instrument that you might hear in Zydeco music.
What are a guitar, fiddle, accordion, or washboard?
300
This is what Mardi Gras means in French?
What is Fat Tuesday?
300

A seafood dish that came from the Spanish and is made up of rice, seafood, and vegetables.

What is the Seafood Paella?

400
This is a Spanish dish with rice, beans, and sauage.
What is red beans and rice?
400
customs and beliefs shared by a group of people
What is culture?
400
This type of music has unique African and Caribbean sounds and beats.
What is jazz?
400
Mardi Gras occurs before what Catholic event?
What is Lent?
400

True or False: Louisiana is made up of one culture only.

What is False?

500
This is a lighter than air French pastry covered with powdered sugar.
What is a beignet?
500

a relative who lived long ago

What is ancestor?

500
This is the birthplace of jazz.
What is New Orleans?
500
Why do people attend festivals?
What is to have a good time, to celebrate, to learn about the culture?
500

People that migrated from other countries settled in places that were like what?

What is places like home, or the old country, that had the same natural resources?

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