Chapter 9 - Millennium Development Goals

Question 0

Antiretroviral drugs:

Answer 0

Medication to slow the progress from HIV to AIDS.

Question 1

Antenatal care:

Answer 1

Medical care of women and children following birth.

Question 2

Aquifer:

Answer 2

Underground layer of permeable rock from which groundwater can be extracted via a well.

Question 3

Biodiversity:

Answer 3

The different plants, animals and micro-organisims, their genes and the ecosystems of which they are a part.

Question 4

Ecosystem:

Answer 4

The life support systems of humans and all other forms of life.

Question 5

Environmental sustainability:

Answer 5

The capacity to maintain the qualities within the physical environment that are considered to be important and valued, such as renewable resources.

Question 6

Extreme poverty or absolute poverty:

Answer 6

People who live on less than US$1.25 a day.

Question 7

Family Planning:

Answer 7

The ability to delay or avoid having children; planning for children, including the timing and spacing of births.

Question 8

Gender parity:

Answer 8

Ensuring that males and females have equal opportunities in areas such as education, employment, voting and decision making, and access to health care and other resources.

Question 9

Hypertensive disease:

Answer 9

Raised blood pressure levels.

Question 10

Land-locked countries:

Answer 10

Countries that are enclosed by the land of other countries.

Question 11

Malnutrition:

Answer 11

Medical condition caused by an insufficient diet.

Question 12

Maternal mortality:

Answer 12

The number of deaths of women during pregnancy or childbirth.

Question 13

Micro-organisms:

Answer 13

Microscopic organisms such as bacteria and fungi.

Question 14

Obstetric care:

Answer 14

Medical care before, during and following pregnancy.

Question 15

Official development assistance (ODA):

Answer 15

Financial assistance provided by donor government agencies to developing countries or to multilateral aid agencies; also known as aid.

Question 16

Own-account workers:

Answer 16

Those workers who work on their own or, with one or more partners, hold a self-employed job, and do not employ others.

Question 17

Prenatal care:

Answer 17

Medical care of women before and during pregnancy.

Question 18

Quota:

Answer 18

Trade restriction that sets a limit on the quantity of goods that can be imported into a country in a given timeframe.

Question 19

Sepsis:

Answer 19

An infection of the whole body (blood poisoning).

Question 20

Small island developing states:

Answer 20

Low-lying coastal countries that experience challenges with addressing sustainable human development due to factors such as remoteness, natural disasters and dependence on international trade.

Question 21

Sustainable human development:

Answer 21

The capacity for current and future generations to achieve their full potential and lead productive, creative lives in accordance with their needs and interests.

Question 22

Undernutrition:

Answer 22

A type of malnutrition caused by insufficient food intake.