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Name three types of floods.
Coastal, debris, flash, river, urban,
Name three natural causes of famine.
Drought, floods, extreme weather (hot/cold), natural disasters (volcanic/earthquake), desertification, tsunamis, widepread diseases
Define import and export.
Import: when a country buys and brings in goods from other countries. Export: When a country sells to other countries
How can we prevent famine?
Providing clean water, supporting farmers in villages, not farming only cash crops
What is involuntary migration?
When people are forced to leave a country due to famine, war, natural disasters
What is voluntary migration?
When a person chooses to move for work
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.
Name one way to avoid floods.
Aforestation: to plant more trees which will soak up the water. Don't build on floodplains.
How can famine cause criminality in a city?
It can cause people to become desperate when prices rise so people steal to get food.
What is a drought?
A drought is a long period of time in which water is scarce
What is a human cause of famine? Give an example.
When a government doesn't distribute resources evenly (failed government, war,
How does war cause famine?
Crops can be destroyed by soldiers, farms become battlefields
What is a flash flood?
A sudden local flood typically due to heavy rain
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
True or false: there is not enough food in the world.
False: it is not shared equally
Give three examples of cash crops.
tea, cocoa, bananas
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
What happens when you eat too much food? What are side effects?
You become obese, this could lead to heart attacks.
What is the name of the famine experienced in Ireland in 1840?
The Great Famine.
If rains are very heavy the ___ destroy ___ and farms and animals are ___.
floods, crops, drowned/lost
What is famine? Define it.
Famine is when an area does not have enough food to share equally between its people.
Which country is the biggest exporter of coffee beans?
Brazil
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