Globalisation (4)

Question 1

Net Migration

Answer 1

overall balance between immigration and emigration

Question 2

Consumer society

Answer 2

society in which the buying and selling of goods and services is the most important social and economic activity

Question 3

Water footprint

Answer 3

measure of the amount of water used in the production and transport to market of food and commodities

Question 4

Carbon footprint

Answer 4

amount of carbon dioxide produced by an individual or activity

Question 5

Food miles

Answer 5

the distance food travels from a farm to the consumer

Question 6

Transition town

Answer 6

settlement where people and businesses have adopted bottom up initiatives with the aim of making their community more sustainable and less reliant on global trade

Question 7

Ethical purchase

Answer 7

a financial exchange where the consumer has considered the social and environmental cost of the production for food, goods or services purchased