Vocabulary
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True/False
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100
A deadly disease spread by mosquitoes in developing countries.
What is malaria
100
Not getting enough food to lead a healthy life.
What is undernourished
100
Raising the price of food is just one of the benefits provided by women who start small businesses in Africa.
False - they create new jobs, send their children to school, and build new homes for their families.
100
Markets where people are free to do business with one another without government control are part of an ______________ ________________.
informal economy
200
Groups of herders who move with their animals from place to place in search of pasture and water.
What are pastoral nomads
200
A war between groups living in the same country.
What is civil war
200
In traditional socities with gender-based division of labor, the kind of work a person does depends mainly on that person's age.
False - on that person's gender.
200
A ________________ _________________ is the machine that many women use to help them to grind their peanuts in rural Mali.
multifunctional platform
300
A very small business with few or no employees.
What is a micro-enterprise
300
An unusually long period in which little or no rain falls.
What is drought
300
Disease, poverty, and lack of education are all challenges that women face in developing countries in Africa.
True
300
Women in Botswana sell comfort food from _____________ or small trailers that have been converted into mobile restaurants.
caravans
400
The way work is split into two categories based on gender, so men and women do different work.
What is gender-based division of labor
400
A person who starts and runs a very small business.
What is a micro-entreprenuer
400
The most common problem faced by poor women in developing countries who want to start businesses is finding the time to start their business.
False - finding money to start their business.
400
Individuals who start and run their own small business are called _______-______________
micro-entreprenuers
500
A poorer country with a less advanced economy.
What are developing countries
500
A system in which goods and services are exchanged outside of government control. Goods are often sold on the street or in a street market.
What is an informal economy
500
Disease, war, and reforestation have each contributed to widespread poverty in Africa.
False - reforestation has not, but desertification has.
500
A ______-_______________ is a small business with few or no employees.
micro-enterprise
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