HASS word memory Flashcards
hard engineering
involves the construction using man made materials to protect coasts from erosion e.g seawalls, revetments, breakwaters
soft engineering
coastal protection using sustainable materials and strategies e.g sand dunes, planting plants
industrial revolution
a period of major industralisation in Brittan and Europe during the late 1700’s and early 1800’s
Subsistence production
Production at a level just right for a persons own use or consumption without any extra
fertility rates
the average number of children born to a woman
cash crops
crops grown for money rather than your own consumption
developed country
a rich, industralized country of the world
life expectancy
the average period a person is expected to live
middle class
a social class positioned between upeer class and the lower working class
develpoment
a proccess of change that improves the quality of life of a communtiy
developing country
a poor/middle income country often dependent on subsistence farming
colonialism
aquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it and exploiting it economically
economic growth
the growth in the productive capacity of the economy
formal economy
the part of an economy of which the government is fully aware and that is regulated by government authorities, particularly in the areas of contract and company law, taxation and labour law
land degradation
when humans reduce the amount of good land
