SOCIAL ISSUES Flashcards

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A problem that influences many citizens within a society.

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Social Issue

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the state of not having enough material possessions or income for a person’s basic needs (food, clothing, & shelter)

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Poverty

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a long-term change in the average weather patterns that have come to define Earth’s local, regional and global climates.

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Climate Change

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refers to a human population that is too large to be sustained by its environment in the long term.

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Human over population

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any discrimination against any individual on the basis of their skin color or racial or ethnic origin

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Racial discrimination

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defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential, and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development.

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Child labor

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7
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It is pregnancy in a female under the age of 20.

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Teenage pregnancy

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use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate or intimidate.

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Bullying

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Unequal treatment or perceptions of individuals based on their gender

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Gender inequality

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