A severe shortage of food that leads to widespread hunger and starvation is known as what?
Famine
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When an illness affects a large number of people within a community or population, what is it called? Example is Covid.
Disease - pandemic
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Clearing large areas of forests for agriculture or other purposes is referred to as what?
Deforestation
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What is the term for a conflict between countries or groups involving armed forces and often lasting for a prolonged period?
war
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What is the term for the condition where individuals or communities lack the financial resources to meet their basic needs for a minimum standard of living?
Poverty
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When a region has too many people for its available resources, what is the term used to describe this situation?
overpopulation
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When individuals or families lack a fixed, regular nighttime residence, they are said to be experiencing what?
homelessness
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A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall leading to a shortage of water is known as what?
Drought
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What is the term for the exploitation of children through any form of work that deprives them of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular schools, and is mentally, physically, socially, or morally harmful?
Child labor
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The introduction of harmful substances into the environment, causing damage to living organisms, is known as what?
pollution
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Treating someone unfairly or negatively based on their race or ethnicity is known as what?
Racial discrimination
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What term is used for a species of animal or plant that is at risk of extinction in the near future?