World Poverty

Question 0

Compassion

Answer 0

A feeling of sympathy that makes one want to help

Question 1

Absolute poverty

Answer 1

Not having a minimum income level required for the necessities in life eg food, shelter, clothing

Question 2

Wealth

Answer 2

A large amount of money or investments

Question 3

Charity

Answer 3

1) . Giving to the needy

2) . An organisation that does not work for profit and which usually works to help others

Question 4

Debt

Answer 4

Situation where a person or organisation owes more money than they possess.

Question 5

Economically developed country

Answer 5

A rich country where people enjoy a comfortable standard of living

Question 6

Emergency aid

Answer 6

Also know as short term aid. Help given to communities in a time of disaster or crisis. Eg food during a famine, shelter after an earthquake

Question 7

Exploitation

Answer 7

Poor people, often in LEDCs are paid low wages in order that the employer can make larger profits

Question 8

Fairtrade

Answer 8

A. Ethos of trade in which the producer of the product receives a fair payment for their product. Eg fair trade bananas, coffee

Question 9

Global interdependence

Answer 9

The state where different countries in the world are dependent upon each other for trade and survival.

Question 10

Gross national income

Answer 10

A measure of a country’s wealth which is worked out by dividing the income of a country by the number of people who live in it.

Question 11

Human rights

Answer 11

The things that all humans should be allowed to have in order to live a fulfilled life

Question 12

LEDCs

Answer 12

Less economically developed countries- a country where many people are poor

Question 13

Long term aid

Answer 13

Helping needy people to help themselves by providing the tools, education and funding for projects.

Question 14

Natural disasters

Answer 14

Disasters caused by nature

Question 15

Natural resources

Answer 15

Resources that are part of the environment eg water, minerals that are often a used by humans

Question 16

Poverty

Answer 16

Condition of being without food, money and other basic need of life (being poor)

Question 17

Secular organisation

Answer 17

An organisation which is based on non-religious principles

Question 18

Sustainable development

Answer 18

Development that takes into consideration the impact on the natural world for future generations

Question 19

Unfair trade

Answer 19

Trade where the producers are exploited by the buyers

Question 20

World trade

Answer 20

Different countries buying and selling goods from each other

Question 21

World poverty

Answer 21

The idea that the majority of the worlds population live in conditions of extreme need or hardship

Question 22

6 causes of world poverty

Answer 22

Location
Natural disasters
Political corruption
Climate
Population growth 
Economy, world trade

Question 23

Christian teachings on poverty

Answer 23

‘Love your neighbour as yourself’
Christian aid
Tearfund
‘You cannot serve both god and money’

Question 24

Industry teachings on world poverty

Answer 24

Artha= your duty to ear enough money for your family
Karma= do good things eg give to the poor
‘Brahman pervades all’

Question 25

Justice

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Bringing about what is right and fair according to the law, or making up for what has been done worng

Question 26

Stewardship

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The idea that believers have a duty to look after the environment on behalf of god

Question 27

Compassion

Answer 27

A feeling of pity that makes one want to help

Question 28

Secular charity

Answer 28

Care international: women’s charity as women tend to suffer disproportionately from poverty. Treat symptoms of poverty. Women may not be the leaders but they are the ones who are going to make a change.

Question 29

Religious charity

Answer 29

Tearfund- Christian charity.

Lift communities out of poverty together through working through the churches.

Question 30

Two types of aid

Answer 30

Emergency

Long term

Question 31

Which type of aid is better?

Answer 31

Long term as less money goes further, ‘give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day, teach a man how to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime’
Short term because people a are dying right now so a bit of education right now isn’t going to help.

Question 32

Voluntary service

Answer 32

A person chooses to work with the poor without being paid

Question 33

We should not give to charity

Answer 33

Money goes to wrong places
Promotes laziness
Dependency
Separates us from the issue
Takes pressure off the sometimes useless governments