Definitions T2 2016

Question 1

Asia pacific

Answer 1

The region that includes north east and south east asia, australasia, melanesia and polynesia

Question 2

Citizenship

Answer 2

Membership of a nation state that entails certain rights and responsibilities

Question 3

Civics

Answer 3

An identifiable body of knowledge, skills, and understanding relating to the interactions of peoples in society.

Question 4

Ecological sustainability

Answer 4

The ability to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs

Question 5

Environment

Answer 5

The total physical and biotic features and influences surrounding a place or organism

Question 6

Human environment

Answer 6

Those parts of the total environment altered or created by people

Question 7

Local scale

Answer 7

A scale of human organisation large enough to include distinct social, cultural and economic activity, yet small enough to provide familiar study

Question 8

Nation state

Answer 8

The political unit of people living in a defined territory with government authority over their economy, political organisation and external security

Question 9

Perspective

Answer 9

A way of viewing the people, the people in it, their relationships with each other and with their environments.

Question 10

Political organisation

Answer 10

A body of people organised for political activity. Its scale may be local, regional, statewide, national or international.

Question 11

Social justice

Answer 11

Fair and just treatment by a society of individuals and groups within it.