life orientation november 2023

Question 1

what are social issues

Answer 1

-matters that affect many individuals in a society:
-poverty
-crime

Question 2

what are environmental issues

Answer 2

-the environmental problems facing us
-negative effect that humans have on the environment:
-soil erosion
-pollution

Question 3

social justice

Answer 3

-justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities and privileges within a society

Question 4

universal declaration of human rights

Answer 4

-inherit rights
-equal rights
-freedom, justice and peace in the world

Question 5

rights

Answer 5

things we are allowed to do

Question 6

activist

Answer 6

person who works to bring political or social changes by campaigning in public or working for an organisation

Question 7

volunteer

Answer 7

to give oneself in service to a cause

Question 8

civic organisations

Answer 8

non profit organisations operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare

Question 9

ubuntu

Answer 9

a person is a person through other people

Question 10

civics

Answer 10

study of rights, duties and responsibilities of citizens

Question 11

citizen

Answer 11

someone who belongs to a nation and was born in that country

Question 12

citizenship

Answer 12

combination of rights, duties and responsibilities

Question 13

civic/social responsibilities??

Answer 13

-be informed
-vote
-protest
-pay taxes
-be an activist

Question 14

south african civic values

Answer 14

-freedom
-equality
-democracy

Question 15

adolescence

Answer 15

period of puberty when a person develops from a child into an adult

Question 16

resilience

Answer 16

-capacity to recover quickly from difficulties

Question 17

abstinence

Answer 17

-deliberate decision to avoid something

Question 18

why use contraceptives ?

Answer 18

-prevent pregnancy
-prevent STIs

Question 19

types of contraceptives

Answer 19

-male and female condoms
-the “pill”
-iud (intra uterine device)
-injections and implants
-tube tie
-vasectomy

Question 20

sextually transmitted infection facts:

Answer 20

-infertility (if untreated)
-high risk = HIV
-could have no symptoms

Question 21

preventing STIs

Answer 21

-stick with one partner
-condoms
-learn the symptoms and go for checkups

Question 22

employment sectors

Answer 22

-primary: changing natural resources into primary products
-secondary: produces finished goods or products
-tertiary: provides infrastructure and services

Question 23

career field

Answer 23

-common skills, knowledge and work setting
-similar interests and talents
-may require training

Question 24

occupation

Answer 24

work that you do
-usually requires training or skills
eg: nurse

Question 25

career

Answer 25

-occupation that you have for a large part of your life -opportunity to progress and be promoted -requires degree or diploma

Question 26

job

Answer 26

-employed and paid for working -may need training

Question 27

scarce skills

Answer 27

-occupations in which there is a scarcity of qualified people

Question 28

employable skills

Answer 28

-transferable skills needs to make an individual “employable”

Question 29

niche market

Answer 29

-small party of a larger market that has its own specific needs which are different from the larger market

Question 30

soft skills

Answer 30

-combination of people skills, social skills, communication skills, character or personality traits, attributes etc

Question 31

life long learning

Answer 31

-examples of life long learning : -developing a new skill -self taught study -learning a new sport -acquiring new knowledge

Question 32

benefits of life long learning

Answer 32

-renewed self motivation -recognition of personal interests and goals -improvement in skills

Question 33

different types of learning

Answer 33

-formal learning -informal learning -informal learning

Question 34

SAQA

Answer 34

-South African Qualifications Authority

Question 35

SAQA is to ensure

Answer 35

-courses are legal -qualifications are internationally recognised -responsible for NQF (national qualifications framework)

Question 36

NQF

Answer 36

-creates structure for learning achievements -improves quality of education and training -recognises prior learning

Question 37

SAQA is to ensure

Answer 37

-courses are legal -qualifications are internationally recognised -responsible for NQF (national qualifications framework)