True or false: there is not enough food in the world.
False: it is not shared equally
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What happens when you eat too much food? What are side effects?
You become obese, this could lead to heart attacks.
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What is famine? Define it.
Famine is when an area does not have enough food to share equally between its people.
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Define import and export.
Import: when a country buys and brings in goods from other countries. Export: When a country sells to other countries
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Name one way to avoid floods.
Aforestation: to plant more trees which will soak up the water. Don't build on floodplains.
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How can famine change a persons lifestyle?
It can make them sick and hungry which can lead to death. It can cause people to migrate.
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How does war cause famine?
Crops can be destroyed by soldiers, farms become battlefields
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Define desertification.
When livestock are allowed to graze too much then the roots are damaged so the soil cannot stay intact. Or a country attacks another countrys farmland in war
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How can we prevent famine?
Providing clean water, supporting farmers in villages, not farming only cash crops
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How can famine cause criminality in a city?
It can cause people to become desperate when prices rise so people steal to get food.
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What is the name of the famine experienced in Ireland in 1840?
The Great Famine.
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What is a human cause of famine? Give an example.
When a government doesn't distribute resources evenly (failed government, war,
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How does famine affect people?
Stunt growth and brain development in children, more prone to disease, become too weak to work, malnourished, hard to farm animals, strong people may leave