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Vocabulary: Consumerism and sustainability

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct word that is related to the following definition :

use up (a resource).

a)

consume

b)

barter

c)

forage

2.

Choose the correct word that is related to the following definition : a factory or workshop, especially in the clothing industry, where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions.

a)

forage

b)

barter

c)

livelihood

d)

sweatshop

3.

Choose the correct word that is related to the following definition :

a wide search over an area in order to obtain something, especially food or provisions.

a)

barter

b)

forage

c)

dumpster

d)

livelihood

4.

Choose the correct word that is related to the following definition :

a system of rearing livestock using intensive methods, by which poultry, pigs, or cattle are confined indoors under strictly controlled conditions.

a)

farming

b)

factory farming

c)

dumpster

d)

barter

5.

Choose the correct word that is related to the following definition :

The action or system of exchanging goods or services without using money.

a)

dumpster

b)

livelihood

c)

unsustainable

d)

barter

6.

Name of this object:

(a)  

7.

´´a set of activities essential to everyday life that are conducted over one's life span. Such activities could include securing water, food, fodder, medicine, shelter, clothing.´´

a)

livehood

b)

livelihood

c)

sustainability

8.

sustainability means: consists of fulfilling the needs of current generations without compromising the needs of future generations, while ensuring a balance between economic growth, environmental care and social well-being.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

Unsustainability refers to Something that cannot continue at the same rate.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE