Anthropology of food

Question 1

What are spices, and how are they different from herbs?

Question 2

How have spices from Asia been used by European populations?

Question 3

How did consumption patterns of sugar change in Western Europe from the Middle Ages into the 1800s (think cost of it and who were mainly consuming it)?

Question 4

From what parts of the world did coffee, tea, and chocolate originate?

Question 5

What is chemically important about these three, and how does coffee, tea, and chocolate physically affect us?

Question 6

How does the history of European use of spices (including sugar), coffee, tea, and chocolate reflect the history of colonial expansion, social revolution, and the industrial revolution?

Question 7

How did coffee drinking involve religious concerns in Arabia and in Europe?

Question 8

How did coffee drinking involve religious concerns in Arabia and in Europe?

Question 9

How was coffee important in London business expansion during the 1600s?

Question 10

How did tea become associated with women and home life in England, while coffee was associated with men away from the home?

Question 11

How did tea become associated with women and home life in England, while coffee was associated with men away from the home?

Question 12

How was cocoa used in ancient Mexico?

Question 13

How did its use change after it was introduced into Europe?

Question 14

Know the three categories of psychoactive drugs and the traditional (organic, not made in a lab) examples of each. Where and why are those examples traditionally used?

Question 15

How are hallucinogens used in non-industrial societies, as opposed to industrial societies?

Question 16

Be able to explain the theory that their use may explain ancient European cave art.

Question 17

How is ethanol produced, and what are its effects on humans?

Question 18

How did beer and wine consumption function in ancient cultures?

Question 19

What is distillation, and why did distilled drinks become so popular (and so much of a problem) in Europe during the 1600s and 1700s (the Gin Craze in England)?

Question 20

To temperance advocates, what behaviors and health conditions were associated with drinking and with temperance?

Question 21

Did early temperance reformers consider beer as a dangerous drink?

Question 22

What did American reformers tout as excellent replacements to alcoholic drinks?

Question 23

What is Homeopathy?

Question 24

Is there evidence that it works?

Question 25

Why do people often believe in remedies that have no physical affect?

Question 26

Know current issues in U.S. and world food politics.

Question 27

What is food security, food sovereignty, and GMOs?

Question 28

What are the arguments against large-scale livestock production?

Question 29

What are the Local Food, Urban Agriculture, and Slow Food Movements all about?

Answer 29

-Lower carbon footprint, less packaging,

Question 30

What is Dumpster Diving, and how is it a form of political activism?

Question 31

Understand what Crowther is saying about the spread of hamburgers and sushi into global diets. How have coffee and tea become globalized commodities?

Question 32

Why does Crowther like Farmers Markets and other facilities that ‘shorten’ the commodity chain?