AUSSIE BITES VOCABULARY

Question 1

Indigenous food

Answer 1

Examples of Australian native animal foods (meats) include kangaroo, emu and crocodile. In particular, kangaroo is quite common and can be found in many supermarkets, often cheaper than beef. Other animals, for example goanna and witchetty grubs, were eaten by Aboriginal Australians.

Question 2

Rations

Answer 2

a fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime.

Question 3

Scurvy

Answer 3

a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by swollen bleeding gums and the opening of previously healed wounds, which particularly affected poorly nourished sailors until the end of the 18th century.

Question 4

Food habits

Answer 4

Dietary Habits are the habitual decisions of individuals or group of people regarding what foods they eat. Proper dietary choices require the consumption of vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Dietary habits and choices play a significant role in human health.

Question 5

Multicultural

Answer 5

relating to or containing several cultural or ethnic groups within a society.

Question 6

Cuisine

Answer 6

a style or method of cooking, especially as characteristic of a particular country, region, or establishment.

Question 7

Values

Answer 7

the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.

Question 8

Attitudes

Answer 8

a settled way of thinking or feeling about something.

Question 9

Emotions

Answer 9

a strong feeling deriving from one’s circumstances, mood, or relationships with others.

Question 10

Beliefs

Answer 10

an acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof.

Question 11

Media

Answer 11

the main means of mass communication (television, radio, and newspapers) regarded collectively.

Question 12

Staple foods

Answer 12

A staple food, or simply a staple, is a food that is eaten routinely and in such quantities that it constitutes a dominant portion of a standard diet for a given people, supplying a large fraction of energy needs and generally forming a significant proportion of the intake of other nutrients as well.

Question 13

Hunter

Answer 13

a person or animal that hunts.

Question 14

Gatherer

Answer 14

a member of a culture in which food is obtained by hunting, fishing, and foraging rather than by agriculture or animal husbandry.

Question 15

Export

Answer 15

send (goods or services) to another country for sale.

Question 16

Import

Answer 16

bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale.

Question 17

Migration

Answer 17

seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.