Vocabulary
LA Facts
Mardi Gras
Culture
Any Question
100
What is cultural diffusion
What is the spreading of one person or group's culture to another person or group.
100
The Louisiana State Bird
What is the Brown Pelican
100
What are the three colors associated with Mardi Gras
What is purple, gold, and green
100
What are three elements of culture in Louisiana
What is food, music, festivals, religion, ethnicities
100
How long does Lent last
What is 40 days.
200
What is culture
What is shared beliefs and values of group: the beliefs, customs, practices, and social behavior of a particular nation or people
200
The capital of Louisiana
What is Baton Rouge
200
This Mardi Gras color means Faith
What is green
200
What are people called who are from Louisiana
What is creole or cajuns
200
Shreveport is located in this Cultural region of Louisiana
What is Sportsman's Paradise
300
What is zydeco
What is a Cajun music: a style of dance music originating in Louisiana that is usually played on accordion, guitar, and violin and combines traditional French melodies with Caribbean and blues influences
300
What is Louisiana's nickname?
What is "The Boot" "The Pelican State"
300
This Mardi Gras color means justice
What is purple
300
Why is Jazz music so important in culture
Because Jazz music has crossed over into other cultures and become the foundation for different types of music such as rock and roll and rap
300
Baton Rouge is in this Cultural region of Louisiana
What is Plantation Country
400
A Louisiana a country dance
What is Fais do do
400
The biggest city in Louisiana
What is New Orleans
400
This color represents power
What is gold
400
How is culture in Louisiana different from culture in other parts of the United States
Various answers (festivals held in LA) (Food in LA like seafood)
400
Name 4 festivals that take place in Louisiana
What is Jazz Fest, Essence, French Quarter, Mardi Gras, Shrimp, Seafood, BBQ, Po-Boy, Bayou Bugaloo, Strawberry
500
The period beginning after Mardi Gras day and ending on Easter Sunday
What is Lent
500
The Louisiana State flower
What is the magnolia
500
What does Mardi Gras mean and in what language
What is "Fat Tuesday" and French
500
What country traditionally has the most influence in Louisiana.
What is France (French)
500
What is the cultural region of Louisiana we live in called
What is Greater New Orleans
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