World Inequality Glossary Quiz

What is the term for the number of babies born per 1,000 people in an area?

• Birth Rate

• Death Rate

• Population Density

• Life Expectancy

What does the natural increase of a population, expressed as percent per year, refer to?

• Birth Rate

• Growth Rate

• Death Rate

• Migration Rate

What is the ability to sustain life through continual environmental, economic, social, and physical access to food called?

• Food Security

• Food Scarcity

• Food Production

• Food Distribution

What do you call people who flee through fear of persecution across country borders?

• Refugees

• Immigrants

• Tourists

• Emigrants

What is the average number of years that an individual is likely to continue to live called?

• Life Expectancy

• Birth Rate

• Death Rate

• Growth Rate

What is land capable of being used for agricultural production called?

• Arable Land

• Desert Land

• Urban Land

• Forest Land

What type of farm requires a lot of inputs, such as labour, capital, fertiliser, and pesticide?

• Intensive Farm

• Extensive Farm

• Subsistence Farm

• Organic Farm

What is the term for the number of deaths per 1,000 people in an area?

• Death Rate

• Birth Rate

• Growth Rate

• Life Expectancy

What is the average amount of land and ocean needed to supply an individual with food, energy, water, housing, transportation, and waste disposal called?

• Ecological Footprint

• Carbon Footprint

• Water Footprint

• Energy Footprint

What is the human use of materials and energy referred to as?

• Consumption

• Production

• Distribution

• Conservation