Wortschatz für IELTS (Akademisch) - Globale Fragen

relating to the natural world and effects of human actions on it

Umwelt-

a change in water, air, etc. that makes it harmful or dangerous

Verschmutzung

the condition of lacking enough money or income to afford basic needs like food, clothing, etc.

Armut

the serious state in which one suffers from lack of food, and may result in death or disease

Hunger

a situation where there is not enough food that causes hunger and death

Hungersnot

work, particularly difficult physical work

schwere Arbeit

a mass murder committed in order to destroy a particular nation, religious or ethnic group, or race

Völkermord

the fact that the cultures and economic systems around the world are becoming connected and similar as a result of improvement in communications and development of multinational corporations

Globalisierung

a severe economic state that is marked by high rates of inflation, unemployment or depression

Wirtschaftskrise

a very high wave or series of waves caused by an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption

Tsunami

a hard time in a country's economy characterized by a reduction in employment, production, and trade

Rezession

the lack of ability to read or write

Analphabetismus

the practice of treating a person or different categories of people less fairly than others

Diskriminierung

a person who is forced to leave their own country because of war, natural disaster, etc.

Flüchtling

the fact or condition of not having a home

Obdachlosigkeit

free from conflict, violence, or disorder

friedlich

a social event held with the intention of raising money for a charity or political party

Spendenveranstaltung

to offer to do something without being forced or without payment

sich freiwillig melden

the legal status of being a member of a certain country

Staatsangehörigkeit

to make something smaller in amount, degree, price, etc.

reduzieren

the extensive removal of forests, typically causing environmental damage

Entwaldung

a community of living organisms together with their physical environment, interacting as a system

Ökosystem

a permanent change in global or regional climate patterns, including temperature, wind, and rainfall

Klimawandel

the increase in the average temperature of the Earth as a result of the greenhouse effect

Globale Erwärmung

to use something once more, usually for a different purpose

wiederverwenden

to cause something to remain in its original state without any significant change

bewahren

a workplace, particularly one in which people produce clothing items, with poor conditions where workers are paid very low wages

Ausbeuterbetrieb

the process of making waste products usable again

Recycling

using warfare to achieve a goal

militärisch

an amount of money that is spent by a government, company or individual

Ausgaben

any destruction caused by the nature that results in a great amount of damage or the death of many, such as an earthquake, flood, etc.

Naturkatastrophe