Severe weather events
Defining Terms
Application
100

Scientific studies indicate that severe weather events, such as floods and heat waves, will become more common as global temperatures continue to what

What is to rise?

100
Flee their homes, cross an international border, and cannot return because they fear their lives are in danger

What are refugees?

100

What is something we can do to have a positive impact on climate policy?

Vote!

200

Many refugees and displaced people live in _____ areas that lack resources to adapt to a changing climate?

What is the climate hotpots?

200
Flee their homes for the same reasons as refugees, but have not crossed an international border
What are Internally-displaced people?
200

Billy fled from New York to Michigan after his home was wiped out in a hurricane, this makes him 

What is an Internally-displaced person?
300

Extraordinarily strong monsoons this summer, followed by a historically strong heat wave in the spring, caused flooding in _____

What is Pakistan?

300
Flee their homes and claim they are refugees, but their status has not yet been definitely determined.

What are Asylum-seekers?

300
Alma moves from her home country to Germany because she believe her home country is vulnerable to climate change-related disasters. She belongs to this group:

What are migrants? 

400

While rainfall intensity for monsoons vary considerably, studies support the belief that what played a role in the unusually strong monsoon season in Pakistan that led to the flooding.

What is climate change?

400
Voluntarily leave their homes to settle permanently in another region or country for a variety of different reasons.

What are Migrants?

400
April and her family flee the disaster from their home in rural Pakistan. They make a journey across the border to another country to seek shelter. This makes them

What are asylum-seekers?

500

Lack of infrastructure in some areas of rural Pakistan led to some areas remaining submerged for

What is over a month?

500
Those who are not considered a national by any state

What is a stateless person?

500
Although they started as asylum-seekers, upon making it to another country, April and her family have received shelter and have been granted this status of

What are refugees?

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