Food availability and selection

Question 1

What is a staple food

Answer 1

Readily available to most population and provide the major source of energy in the diet

Question 2

Who is rice a staple food for

Answer 2

Asia

Question 3

Who is fish a staple food for

Answer 3

Pacific islands and Japan

Question 4

Who is corn a staple food for

Answer 4

South America

Question 5

What did the Chinese migration introduce to Australia

Answer 5

Woks and stirfrys & bok choy and bean sprouts

Question 6

What did America introduce to Australia and when

Answer 6

1960 KFC, maccas, Pizza Hut

Question 7

How did Aboriginals hunt and gather food

Answer 7

Firestick farming, boomerang, burning grasses, coating branches in wattle gum to glue bird to tree

Question 8

What is fire stick farming

Answer 8

Regular burning of limited areas to increase availability of grass to fed the animals they hunted

Question 9

Examples of animals sources Aboriginals hunted

Answer 9

Shellfish, clams, lizards, honey ants, snakes, emus, witchetty grubs, bogong moths, kangaroos, possums

Question 10

Examples of plant sources Aboriginals gathered

Answer 10

yams, bush onion, bush tomato, wild fig, bush oranges, pigweed, bunya nuts, pandunas nuts

Question 11

What manufacturing process did colonial settlers use

Answer 11

grinding of wheat, salting of pork (1700’s). Then machines powered by manual labour (1800’s)

Question 12

Technology has made it possible too…

Answer 12

• Preserve food for longer
• Maintain constant food supply
• Eat a season of foods
• Eat foods produced in other countries
• Have endless variety

Question 13

Shops before vs after 1930’s

Answer 13

Before - Only small stores specialising in only a few items e.g butcher, bakery
After - Supermarkets with a variety of products

Question 14

What are some modern technologies in the marketplace

Answer 14

• Electronic scanning devices e.g barcodes
• Open 24/7
• Online shopping
• People pay with credit card or watch

Question 15

What are smart farms

Answer 15

When farmers implement technologies such as timers, remote sensing, drip irrigation, precision, gene manipulation (biotechnology)

Question 16

What are future producers

Answer 16

Technological advances that decrease human labour. E.g LED lights which produce specific wavelengths to grow plants indoors which increase productivity of the land

Question 17

What is hydroponic tech

Answer 17

Where food can be grown using nutrient rich water solution instead of soil. Growing in popularity.

Question 18

What are the foods of tomorrow

Answer 18

The foods that we will eat in the future that don’t exist yet. Researchers experimenting with plant and animals ingredients, processed foods and packaging to change appearance, flavour and nutritional value.

Question 19

What is affluence

Answer 19

Having a great deal of money

Question 20

What is absolute poverty

Answer 20

Condition where income is insufficient to afford basic necessities e.g food, shelter, clothing

Question 21

What is relative poverty

Answer 21

When household income is a certain percentage below median incomes

Question 22

What is the poverty cycle

Answer 22

Little education and money > undernutrition > little resistance > Illness and disease > unable to work > Little education and money

Question 23

What is the economy

Answer 23

The production, distribution and consumption of all goods and services so that it can satisfy the needs of the population

Question 24

What is substance economy

Answer 24

AKA Subsistence agriculture, largely based on agricultural activity and natural events e.g rain to irrigate crops

Question 25

What is cash cropping

Answer 25

A crop produced for commercial value rather than use of the grower

Question 26

What does World Trade Organisation (WTO) do

Answer 26

Enforces general rules regarding volume and reduction of amount of trade protection in world trade

Question 27

What is taxation

Answer 27

Individuals and companies having to pay tax of processed and manufactured products (GST)

Question 28

What is a tariff

Answer 28

A tax added on to the price of imported goods to protect Australian businesses

Question 29

What is an embargo

Answer 29

An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with another country e.g Australia banned exporting live cattle to Indonesia due to the brutal slaughter they were recieving

Question 30

What is a subsidy

Answer 30

A sum of money granted by the state to help a business keep the price of service low

Question 31

What are export strategies

Answer 31

Exporting goods to other countries to increase economy and import goods Aus doesn’t have enough of. Australians main exports are wheat, beef and wool

Question 32

How did war affect food availability

Answer 32

• Trade between nations stopped during war
• Physical destruction to crops and livestock
• Rationing of products in WW2
• Farmers killed

Question 33

Physiological factors affecting food selection

Answer 33

Hunger, appetite, satiety, nutritional requirements (e.g age and gender), reactions to food (e.g smell, taste)

Question 34

Psychological factors affecting food selection

Answer 34

Values, Beliefs, Habits, Attitudes, Emotions, Self Concept, Experiences

Question 35

Social factors affecting food selection

Answer 35

Traditions and culture, lifestyle (e.g employment, household structures), peers, family, media

Question 36

Economic Factors affecting food selection

Answer 36

Cost of food, the marketplace, available Resources (e.g. time and skill), occupation and finances