Refugees and processing food: pg. 152, 154 - 156

Question 1

What is a migrant?

Answer 1

Migrant = worker who moves from place to place to do work

Question 2

What does abandon mean?

Answer 2

Abandon = to give up completely a course of action, a practice, a way of thinking

Question 3

What are wages?

Answer 3

Wages = payment for labour or services to a worker

Question 4

What does persecuted mean?

Answer 4

Persecuted = subjected to hostility and ill-treatment

Question 5

What is conflict?

Answer 5

Conflict = a serious disagreement or arguement

Question 6

When does migration happen?

Answer 6

When food supplies dwindle because of overgrazing, soil erosion or when forests are cut down. Lack of water and overpopulation also play a role in this.

Question 7

What is an environmental factor?

Answer 7

Environmental factor = an identifiable element in the physical, cultural, demographic, economic, political, regulatory or technological environment.

Question 8

What does it mean to dwindle?

Answer 8

Dwindle = to become gradually less until little remains

Question 9

What does it mean to migrate?

Answer 9

Migrate = move from one area or country to settle in another