| A | B |
|---|
| Angola | Cabinda provides most of the petroleum, the leading export. |
| Botswana | The diamond mines at Orapa and Jwaneng are among the world's largest |
| Gambia | The only industry is peanut processing |
| Somalia | In 1998 an estimated 300,000 in this country faced a food crisis due to a series of floods and droughts |
| Cultural Theories | stress attitudes and values of the poor |
| Social Structural Theories | stress limitation of opportunities |
| Welfare System | whereby the government provides support for matters like unemployment, working hours and old age |
| Rugged Individualism | people are left to succeed or fail by their own efforts |
| Poverty | In its most extreme form, a lack of basic human needs, such as adequate and nutritious food, clothing, housing, clean water, and health services |
| Antipoverty Programs | that provide assistance to the poor, primarily in the form of social security and welfare systems |
| Measuring Poverty | In international economics, such as in statistics kept by the United Nations (UN), ........ is generally based on its gross domestic product (GDP)......blah, blah, blah |
| Poverty causation | Overpopulation.....Global Distribution of Resources.....High Standards of Living and Costs of Living.... |
| Inadequate Education and Employment | cannot afford to provide for good public schools, especially in rural areas |
| Environmental Degradation | the deterioration of the natural environment, including the atmosphere, bodies of water, soil, and forests—is an important cause of poverty |
| Overpopulation | large numbers; too few resources and too little space |
| Effects of Poverty | Malnutrition and Starvation....Infectious Disease and Exposure to the Elements..... Mental Illness and Drug Dependence....Crime and Violence.... |
| Vicious Cycle | a series of unwelcomed events that keep repeating themselves |
| The African Continent | includes some of the poorest countries in the world |
