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| Question | Answer |
| Absolute Poverty | Coping without the resources (food, clothing, shelter) necessary for life. People living in absolute poverty are barely surviving. |
| Development | A process of change that results in an improvement in the quality of life of a community. It usually involves reducing poverty. |
| Development Indicators | Aspects of development that can be measured. |
| Fossil Fuels | Energy-producing materials -oil, coal and natural gas- formed from the remains of long dead plants and animals. |
| Global commons | Resources that no individual or country owns or has legal responsibility for. |
| Inequalities | The differences that exist in people's standard of living or quality of life. |
| Infrastructre | Features of the human environment that allow a community to function, such as roads, public transport, airports, bridges, sewers, water supply, schools and hospitals |
| Non-renewable resource | Any part of the physical environment that cannot be replaced once it is used. |
| Private Wealth | The income and savings of individuals. |
| Public Wealth | The infrastructure of a community; often supplied by the government |
| Quality of Life | A term used to describe the way in which people live their daily lives, not just how poor or wealthy they are. |
| Recyclable | Able to be used more than once. |
| Relative poverty | The situation where some people are poorer than others in the community but still have access to adequate food, clothing and shelter. |
| Renewable Resource | A resource that can maintain and/or replace itself if managed carefully. |
| Reserve | The unused supply of a non-renewable resource. |
| Resource | Any part of the physical or human environment used to meet the needs of people. |
| Slum | A permanent dwelling that had fallen into a state of disrepair. |
| Squatter settlement | An unplanned settlement dominated by makeshift dwellings that are often built from scrap timber, iron and cardboard. |
| Standard of Living | A term used to describe the economic well-being of people. |
| Sustainable | The wise use of natural resources so that people in the future can still use them. |
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