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Ch. 2 LA History
Ch. 2 Louisiana History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A relatively modern term that refers to all people descended from the Africans brougt to North America during its colonial and early national periods. | African Americans |
| The way of life of a group of people, shaped by their ideas, beliefs, customs, and behavior. | Culture |
| A group of people who are or who consider themselves to be different from other members of their community based on factors like where they came from, their racial identity, and cultural, religious, and linguistic similarities. | Ethnic Group |
| The process in which new customs blend with older ideas and practices to form entirely new cultural expressions. | Cultural Diffusion |
| A type of music with origins in songs and chants of slaves and sharecroppers as they worked in plantation fields; later the guitar, harmonica, and electric guitar accompanied the songs. | Blues |
| French Canadians who came to Louisiana beginning in the 1760's; called Cajuns for short. | Acadians |
| A Spanish-speaking person; such people came to Louisiana beginning in the 1760's from the Canary Islands and the Malaga region of Spain, and more recently from Latin America. | Hispanic |
| The art and science of designing and constructing buildings. | Architecture |
| Relating to a city. | Urban |
| A Louisiana dish that includes rice and a combination of meat, seafood, and sausage, and sometimes tomato; similar to Spanish "paella". | Jambalaya |
| A person who came into Louisiana from the colonies established by the English; they descended from English-speaking migrants (English, Irish, and Scots-Irish) to North America. | Anglo |
| A scholar who studies communities and helps identify areas where similar pasts and patterns make a region distinct from its surroundings. | Cultural Anthropologist |
| Louisiana's most famous festival; its season of parades and balls begins on Epiphany and continues through Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, which is the first day of Lent. | Mardi Gras |
| A Spanish-speaking person who immigrated from the Canary Islands and settled in St. Bernard Parish. | Islenos |
| A form of lively dance music created by black Creoles in rural southwest Louisiana; features fiddles, accordions, and a percussion instrument called a froittoir. | Zydeco |
| An important American art form that grew out of the creations of African American and Italian American musicians in New Orleans at the beginning of the twentieth century; it evolved over time and spread all over the world. | Jazz |
| A food commonly associated with Louisiana; a thick soup or stew served over rice, usually prepared with duck, sausage, or seafood, or just with vegetables. | Gumbo |
| Someone born in the New World; in its earliest usage, someone born in a colony, not the nation that claimed that colony; in colonial Louisiana, anyone born in Louisiana whose descendants were from another place (possibly France, Spain, or Africa). | Creole |
| Which ethnic group is associated with the Oktober Fest? | Germans |
| What was the MAIN thing that attracted the Acadians to Louisiana? | French Culture |
| Which of the following instruments is MOST likely to be played by a zydeco band? | Rub Board |
| Which cultural group first used crawfish as food? | Cajuns |
| Name an ethnic group that is included in the Anglo culture. | English, Irish, and Scots |
| What type of music is closely related to Cajun music? | Zydeco |
| Where would you go to attend the Crawfish Festival? | Breaux Bridge |
| Name 4 ways in which culture can be expressed. | Architecture, Art, Food, Music, Religious Beliefs, Customs |
| Where would you go to attend the Strawberry Festival? | Ponchatoula |
| What were the main cash crops of the Plantation Country? | Cotton and Sugar |
| Where would you go to visit the Festival of Lights? | Natchitoches |
| Where would you go to visit the Tamale Festival? | Zwolle |
| Which city hosts the Jazz and Heritage Festival every year? | New Orleans |
| Where would you most likely hear a "second line" perform? | Jazz Funeral |
| Name 3 rivers that form a water boundary for Louisiana. | Mississippi River, Pearl River, Sabine River |
| During the Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, what sacred religious ceremony is held to wish good luck on the fishermen and their craft? | Blessing of the Fleet |
| Name 5 Native American tribes that remain in Louisiana today. | Choctaw, Tunica-Biloxi, Houma, Coushatta, Chitimacha |
| What religious season is preceded by Mardi Gras? | Lent |
| What did the earliest festivals celebrate? | Harvests, saints, and |
| Which music style can be improvised with strong rhythms and syncopation (accents in unexpected places)? | Jazz |
| What religious ceremony is held at the Shrimp and Petroleum Festival to wish safety for the fishermen and their boats? | Blessing of the Fleet |
| As a result of Croatian immigration to Plaquemines Parish, which industry grew? | Oyster |
| What was the first European religion in Louisiana? | Roman Catholicism |
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Esther Landry
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