Food and Culture Ch 13

What are the elements of a traditional Mediterranean diet, it is associated with lower risk for which 2 diseases?

Diet that is low in saturated fats and high in omega-3 fatty acids lowers risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer.

What is the most important holiday for Greeks? How is it celebrated?

Easter. immediatley after midnight family shares post lent mea

Marriage contracts in the Middle East are often arranged between children to establish political and business alliances through kinship. Among Arabs there is a preference for marriage between cousins with the exceptionof _____ and some Arab ______.

Egyptians, christians

What are the 5 culinary regions in Middle Eastern cuisine?

Greek/Turkish, Arabic, Iranian, Israeli, north African.

What do the Balkan people do in order to protect themselves from Evil Eye?

Wear garlic, blue ailments with eye incenter, spit after compliments.

Lebanese Muslims believe that following childbirth a woman is especially susceptible to _______; _______and ________ are avoided for 10 days from preventing it from entering the veins and causing sickness.

Wind, Showers, baths

What is a Kibbutzim

a communal settlement in Israel, typically a farm.

Seker Bayram

a day of remembrance for when the prophet Abraham nearly sacrificed his son Ishmael.

Name the religion followed by:a) Greeks- b) Serbs - c) Croatians and Slovenians- d) Bosnian Croats- e) Bosnian Serbs- f) Recent Bosnian immigrants

a) Greeks- eastern orthodoxb) Serbs - eastern orthodoxc) Croatians and Slovenians- roman catholicd) Bosnian Croats- catholice) Bosnian Serbs- eastern orthodoxf) Recent Bosnian immigrants- sunni muslim

Describe the religious affiliations of the following Middle Eastern groups: a) Early Arab immigrants-b) Recent Arab immigrants-c) Iranians - d) Turkish Americans - e) Israeli Americans -

groups:a) Early Arab immigrants- christianb) Recent Arab immigrants- sunni muslimc) Iranians - Shi'ite muslimd) Turkish Americans - sunni muslime) Israeli Americans - jewish

Muharram

iran holday that commemorates the martyrdom of the grandson of Mohammed

Nau Roz

spring equinox