Year 11 Food Availability and Selection (Security + Selection)

Technology allows us to have a wide variety of food to choose

from each day.

 

• True

• False

Processing a food in some way before sale is called value adding.

 

 

• True

• False

Inflation improves peoples living standards.

 

 

 

• True

• False

Over-cropping can result in more income for the farmer.

 

 

• True

• False

A market economy exists when a government owns most basic

industries.

 

• True

• False

What is absolute poverty?

 

 

• people do not have enough money for basic needs.

• people do not have enough money to afford the ' normal' standards for that society.

What is relative poverty?

 

 

• people do not have enough money for basic needs.

• people do not have enough money to afford the ' normal' standards for that society.

why Australia cannot be called a developing nation?

 

 

• Most people have access to safe drinking water and food, education and healthcare.

• It already has a full population of people

A staple food is defined as:

• A food obtained only from crops

• A food commonly eaten at family gatherings

• A food that is part of the daily diet in a particular country

• A food that is in short supply within a particular country or region

Historical factors that have influenced the foods we have today include:

• Staple foods, global migration and the goldrush

• Development of canning, pasteurisation and freeze drying

• Development of drones, the microwave and artificial sweeteners

• The use of tariffs, embargoes and subsidies