Unit 4 Flashcards

1
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Characteristics of poverty

A
  • nearness of death
  • marginalization
  • living on the edge
  • the cycle of poverty
  • barriers to full development
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2
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What does CST tell us to do?

A

Make the needs of the poorest your top concern

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3
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How many people in the United States live in poverty?

A

42 million

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4
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What are consequences of poverty?

A
  • hunger
    -homelessness
    -inadequate eduacation
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5
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What are 3 things that fall under chronic hunger?

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  • Starvation
  • Malnutrition
  • Resulting in health problems
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6
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What percent of household in American live in food insecurity

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15%

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7
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How many people are homeless in the United States?
Blank out of blank children are homeless

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  • 580,000
  • 1 out of 5
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8
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What is hidden homeless

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Those whose housing costs consume too much of their income
- those who live in inadequate housing
- others ppl’s housing
- unsafe housing

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9
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What causes hunger and homelessness?

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  • low wages/high costs
  • shortage of affordable housing
  • limited aid from government
    -physiclal/mental issues
  • depression
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10
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How many people have no access to clean drinking water?

A

2.2 billion

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11
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How many people do chronic hunger affects

A

815 million each year

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12
Q

Who is most of the world’s homeless population?

A

Refugees

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13
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How many children cannot attend school?

A

258 million

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14
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What leads to global poverty

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Enough food just poor distribution

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15
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What are the barriers to development

A
  • resource extraction
  • government by the elite
  • foreign aid problems
  • discrimination
  • conflict fueled by arms sales
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16
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What has the catholic chuirch called for in response to the debt crisis

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Called wealthy banks and nations to cancel much of this debt

17
Q

What is the true way to happiness

A
  • loving relations (god, yourself and others)
  • living in solidarity with the worlds poorest people
18
Q

Development

A

Transformation in society structures so that one can reach human potential and dignified lives

19
Q

Living Simply

A

Valuing the sacredness of ourselves others and gods creation
- essentials of life
- choices that deepen joy

20
Q

What percent of the riches of the worlds people own 80% of irs wealth

A

10%

21
Q

What does Christianity reject

A

The idea that people can find fulfillment through material things

22
Q

Poverty of Being

A

Forgetting our true identity as images of god

23
Q

What was the message of LAzarus at the Gate?

A

The rich man hurt no only Lazarus but also himself in faluire to love
- reslebles the wealth gap
- calls us to stop the wealth gap

24
Q

Sharing loaves nd fishes

A

A biblical account foreshadowing the Eucharist

25
Q

What does living simply help us with?

A
  • live our human dignity more fully
  • have more free time
  • reduce our dependence on material goods
  • deepen our solidarity with others
26
Q

What are responses to poverty and hunger?

A
  • feeding the hungry through direct action
  • promoting self sufficiency
  • changing social structures