Unit 3 World Poverty Flashcards

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What is corruption?

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Dishonestly that usually leads to the accumulation of wealth

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2
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Climate?

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The regular weather conditions of the area

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3
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World trade?

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Different countries buying and selling goods from each other

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4
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Global independence?

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Where different countries in the world reply on each other for trade and survival

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What can’t the poor afford?

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To feet themselves, heat their homes and no educations

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6
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What is the BRANDT line

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The northern hemisphere and the poorer Southern Hemisphere

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Why does where you live affect whether you are rich or poor?

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Because of the weather - hot and dry climates can lead to poverty as it is hard to grow food or keep animals

Countries in areas where natural disasters occur - destroys homes and businesses

Natural resources - if there is loads of oil reserves where you live you are more likely to be richer (Sudan and Saudia Arabia - Saudia Arabia has lots of oil so richer)

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8
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Why does poverty affect life expectancy?

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More likely to die young from malnutrition or disease

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9
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Why does politics and corruption make you poor?

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It makes the country unstable and, if there s a civil war, money will be put into winning that. Political instability stops countries from working their way out of poverty.

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10
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Why does climate affect poverty?

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Desertification which is a problems in many countries like Africa as 92% of the continent doesn’t receive enough rain to grow reliable crops

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11
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Why does population growth cause poverty?

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Number of people is growing at an exponential rate = more mouths to feed but no food to do it

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12
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Economic reasons for poverty?

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Can’t afford to buy essential crops like wheat so they are forced to grow cash crops such as tobacco

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13
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Buddhism on world poverty

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Their morality follows the noble eightfold path which says you should earn a “right livelihood” (having an honest job. And using your wealth well) like buying fairtrade good or giving to charity

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Hinduism on world poverty

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They have the idea of dharma (duty) each Varna has a specific duty and the highest (like priests) don’t aim to earn any money. They aim to be a sannyasin which relies on the charity of others so Hindus think charity is important

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Judaism on world poverty

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Believe all wealth comes from God so nothing belongs to us anyway. All wealth should be shared. Any Jew is welcome to live in Israel to escape poverty.

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Christianity on world poverty

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The Old Testament. “Love your neighbour as yourself” - they should treat everyone well as thy would like to be treated. “No man can have two masters… you can’t serve both money and God” - Jesus

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Justice?

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What is right and fair according to the law, or making up for that done wrong

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Stewardship?

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Idea that r livers had a duty to look after the environment on behalf of God

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Compassion?

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A feeling of pity that makes one want to helo

20
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Religious ideas on stewardship

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Jews Christians and Muslims all share the idea God created the world in the Adam and Eve story and Adam and Eve were to act as stewards

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Religious ideas on compassion?

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Buddhism centres on compassion - idea of enlightenment and selflessness. Selfishness and greed are two of the poisons that cause world poverty

Christians centre around love your neighbour - compassion is key eg Jesus gave his life for others

22
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What does voluntary service do?

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Doing charity work like working in a charity shop, collecting money, or flying out to an LEDC to help without being paid

23
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Christian charity?

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Christian Aid
Emergency aid - give food shelter and water after natural disasters
Long term aid- teaching people skills to improve their live eg education
Education - work their way out of poverty
Fund raising - it all costs money so they raise money for it through charitable givings

24
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What is an Islamic charity?

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Islamic relief
Based around same core values as Christian aid
Get zakat to help fund

25
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What is Zakat

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2.5% of savings give by Muslims to charities by Muslims

26
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What is a civil war

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A war fought against a country’s government by people within that country

27
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What must something have to be fairtrade

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  • pay workers a living wage
  • minimum price is established
  • fairtrade cooperatives can negotiate better deals
  • producers are paid a premium price on top of the cost of the goods
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Emergency aid?

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Immediate Assistance to deal with the aftermath of a disaster

29
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Sustainable development?

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People are helped to develop their skills and learn news ones which they can use again

30
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Long term aid?

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Assistance given to a poor country, possibly over a long period of time, that has lasting effect

31
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Absolute poverty?

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When people lack basic things needed to survive such as good

32
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Relative poverty?

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When people are poor compared to the other people in their society

33
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How does famine cause povert?

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Country is left without food or water