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Flashcards by Wesley Spearman, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Wesley Spearman
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| Question | Answer |
| Authoritarian | Favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom. |
| Communist | Economic and social system in which all (or nearly all) property and resources are collectively owned by a classless society and not by individual citizens. |
| Consumerism | The belief that wealth, and the ability to buy goods and services, leads to happiness. |
| Corruption | Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power. |
| Democracy | The belief that a developed society is one where everyone has the right to vote. |
| Deregulation | The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. |
| Development | The process by which a country evolves over time for the better in terms of economic, social, political and sustainable change |
| Dictatorship | A government or country in which total power is held by a dictator or a small group |
| Development aid | Financial aid given by governments and other agencies to support the economic, environmental, social and political development of developing countries. |
| Ebola | A notoriously deadly virus that causes severe symptoms, the most prominent being high fever and massive internal bleeding. |
| Economic Freedom | The belief that markets should be free, and people should be at liberty to make money how they choose. |
| Embargo | An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country. |
| Free trade | Trade without tariffs, quotas, or other restrictions |
| Happy Planet Index | An indicators combines impacts on the natural environment (the ecological footprint) with the well-being of people (life expectancy), and considers the efficiency of resource use in improving peoples lives without damaging the environment |
| Holistic | Dealing with or treating the whole of something and not just a part of it. |
| Individualism | The belief that individuals should have the right to pursue their own actions and dreams. |
| Indigenous | The original population. |
| Infant mortality | The number of infant deaths that occur for every 1,000 live births |
| Malaria | A serious tropical disease spread by mosquitoes. |
| Maternal mortality | Number of maternal deaths per live births. |
| Neo-liberal | Responsibility is given to the individual in a free-market and deregulated economy |
| Post-colonial states | States which were once run and exploited by others. |
| Privatisation | The transfer of ownership, property or business from the government to the private sector. |
| Sovereignty | A country's independent authority and the right to govern itself. |
| Subverted | To undermine the power and authority in a particular country. |
| Super Output Area | The collection and publication of small area statistics. They are used on the Neighbourhood Statistics site and across National Statistics |
| Sustainable development | Development that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. |
| Technology | The belief that problems can be solved by using technology, especially high-end technology. |
| Totalitarian | A form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralised control |
| Trade agreement | Treaty or an international agreement on conditions of trade in goods and services. |
| War crime | An act carried out during the conduct of a war that violates accepted international rules of war. |
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