Exam 8: The Countries of Africa

Which of the following foods played an important role in early African diets?

Why can you find African influences on the cuisine of the Caribbean and Southern US?

Which foods listed here are regularly associated with Caribbean and South American cuisine, but also represent a large part of the eastern African diet?

Which of the following is a traditional cooking method found throughout African countries coast to coast?

Which of the following refers to an African cooking container that has a coned shaped lid with a hole in the top to vent out steam during cooking?

Which of the following contributed greatly to the development of the cuisines of Africa?

Moroccans prefer to eat with their hands rather than using utensils of any kind.

According to some archaeologists, how long have people lived in Africa?

Before Italian Fascists came to Ethiopia in 1935, Ethiopians drank coffee flavored with salt and spices instead of sugar.

Couscous is a type of fried doughnut.

What is the major protein food for many Africans living along the extended coast lines and along river beds and lakes?

What is the biggest advantage of the one pot cooking method found in most African cultures?

Where in Africa did the first permanent civilizations develop over 6,000 years ago?

What major contribution to African cuisine came from the French who settled in Cape Town in the 18^th century?

What other cuisine plays a major role in shaping the cuisine of northern Africa from Egypt to Morocco?

Early Dutch settlers in South Africa first introduced natives to hot chili peppers such as the piri-piri pepper from Brazil.

Which of the following describes the climate in the north central part of Africa just south of the Sahara Desert?

Why does African cuisine utilize a lot of pickled and salted foods in cooking and baking?

Why did people settle early along the banks of the Nile River?

Although not native to Africa plantains, cashews and chili peppers make up a large part of the modern African diet.