PS10: spatial inequality

Question 1

spatial inequality

Answer 1

unequal access or quality of resources depending on geographical location

Question 2

residential segregation

Answer 2

physical separation of individuals alone the socioeconomic gradient

Question 3

suburban

Answer 3

area with individual houses, good school systems, and safe access to resources

Question 4

urban

Answer 4

closer living quarters and poorer access to resources

Question 5

urbanization

Answer 5

migration from rural areas to cities

Question 6

environmental justice

Answer 6

equal treatment of all people and the right to live in places without environmental or health hazards

Question 7

poverty

Answer 7

lack of material goods or access to resources

Question 8

absolute poverty

Answer 8

when an individual does not have enough resources to sustain basic human needs

Question 9

relative poverty

Answer 9

when an individual is poor compared to those around them (they may or may not access basic needs)

Question 10

subsistence farming

Answer 10

farming for your own family’s food