2.3 Technology and cultural changes (key terms)

Question 1

Product life cycle

Answer 1

The stages a product goes through from its introduction, growth and maturity to its eventual decline and replacement

Question 2

Socio-economics

Answer 2

How society and the economy interact to create particular circumstances

Question 3

Rationing

Answer 3

The elimination of the availability of certain goods, usually in response to a shortage created by a war or other crisis

Question 4

Utility products

Answer 4

A post-Second World War basic products that were often rationed

Question 5

Council of industrial design (COID)

Answer 5

A post-Second World War British organisation set up to improve design standards and competitiveness

Question 6

Microelectronics

Answer 6

Miniature electronic devices and systems facilitated by the development of the IC

Question 7

Sustainable

Answer 7

Something that has the minimal possible impact on the environment

Question 8

Ethical

Answer 8

Something considered by society to be morally fair

Question 9

Fairtrade

Answer 9

A social movement to encourage the ethical treatment of farmers and workers in developing countries

Question 10

Culture

Answer 10

The combined ways of living developed by a group of people, that is passed from generation to generation

Question 11

Inclusivity

Answer 11

Consideration of the needs of the widest possible range of people