globalisation EQ3

Question 1

absolute poverty

Answer 1

when a persons income is too low for basic human needs to be met, potentially resulting in hunger and homelessness

Question 2

millennium development goals

Answer 2

eight specific objectives for the global community created at the UN Millenium summit in new york in 2000

Question 3

relative poverty

Answer 3

when a persons income is too low to maintain the average standard of living in a particular society. Asset growth for very rich people can lead to more people being in relative poverty

Question 4

informal sector

Answer 4

unofficial forms of employment that are not easily made subject to government regulation or taxation

Question 5

post-accession migration

Answer 5

the flow of economic migrants after a country has joined the EU

Question 6

diaspora

Answer 6

the dispersion or spread of a group of people from their original homeland

Question 7

nationalist

Answer 7

a political movement focused on national independence or the abandonment of policies that are viewed by some people as a threat to a national sovereignty or national culture

Question 8

post-colonial migrants

Answer 8

people who moved to European countries from former colonies during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The UK received economic migrants from the Caribbean, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Uganda

Question 9

net migration

Answer 9

the overall balance between immigration and emigration

Question 10

National resources

Answer 10

a material source of wealth, such as timber, freshwater, or a mineral deposit, that occurs in a natural state and has economic value. Natural resources may be renewable or non-renewable

Question 11

consumer society

Answer 11

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

Question 12

ecological footprint

Answer 12

a crude measurement of the area of land or water required to provide a person with the energy, food and resources needed to live, and also to absorb waste

Question 13

water footprint

Answer 13

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

Question 14

carbon footprint

Answer 14

the amount of carbon dioxide produced by an individual or activity

Question 15

food miles

Answer 15

the distance food travels from a farm to the consumer. The journey may be short and direct for some local produce, or may take longer, with food often crossing entire continents via a string of depots

Question 16

transition town

Answer 16

a settlement where individuals and businesses have adopted bottom-up initiatives with the aim of making their community more sustainabe and less reliant on global trade

Question 17

ethical purchase

Answer 17

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