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Louisana Culture Groups

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a way of life for a group of people?

a)

food

b)

culture

c)

music

2.

What are the major culture groups in Louisiana?

a)

French and Creole

b)

French, African, and Creole

c)

Creole, Acadians, Native Americans

d)

African, Spanish, Native American

3.

The word "Cajun" comes from ____.

a)

Spanish

b)

English

c)

Creole

d)

Acadian

4.

Where did the Acadians come from?

a)

They were made to leave Nova Scotia.

b)

They moved here from Britain.

c)

They were already here.

d)

They were from the Canary Islands.

5.

True or False: Louisiana is compared to a pot of gumbo because it is made of just 3 kinds of people.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Architecture, Food, and Music are where we see ___ today.

a)

music

b)

Creole influence

c)

Culture

7.

Cajun cooking is known as ___ cooking.

a)

city

b)

country

c)

plain

8.

_____cooking is known for traditional French style gourmet cooking.

a)

Cajun

b)

African

c)

Native American

d)

Creole

9.

Cajun cooking is known for having _____.

a)

one pot meals.

b)

traditional French cooking

c)

not enough spice.

10.

Where did Acadians migrate from?

a)

Africa

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Canada

11.

Creole people are a mixture of ____.

a)

French

b)

French, Spanish, African

c)

Spanish, Native American

d)

Spanish, French, Cajun

12.

Louisiana Culture is like a ___.

a)

Pot of Gumbo

b)

French Sauce

c)

Dirty Rice

13.

When groups of people moved here, they brought with them their ___.

a)

garbage and disease

b)

music and religion

c)

culture and beliefs

14.

Acadians are the same as ___.

a)

Creole

b)

African

c)

Cajun

15.

The three types of cultures we studied are ___.

a)

African Americans, Creole, Spanish

b)

Creole, Cajuns, Native Americans

c)

Cajuns, Spanish, English

16.

People of the same culture usually have the ___.

a)

All the same

clothes and ideas

b)

similar culture, or way of life

c)

similar hair styles

17.

To study history what 3 types of histories are studied and passed down?

a)

visual, oral, and written

b)

sculpture, oral, and paper

c)

visual, music, and poetry

18.

Buildings, jewelry, paintings, and carvings are examples of ___. Which archaeologists use to study history.

a)

history

b)

artifacts

c)

culture

19.

Who rebuilt the French Quarter after a fire?

a)

French

b)

Irish

c)

Spanish

d)

German

20.

Native Americans made ___.

a)

baskets and Spanish moss dolls

b)

hats and weaved baskets

c)

boats and Spanish moss dolls

21.

What two reasons made the British kick out the Acadians from their homes?

a)

Food and culture

b)

trust issues and Catholic religion

c)

fear and trust issues