forage to search for provisions or food forum an open meeting place of a town or city franchise a business that gives the right to another person or business to sell goods or services using its name frostbite damage caused to the skin when it freezes, brought about by exposure to extreme cold; extremities such as ýngers and toes are most at risk, along with exposed parts of the face full-time an employee who works 35 hours or more per week, or who works the minimum number of hours stipulated by the industrial award for that occupation or industry gale force winds wind over 62 kilometres per hour gig economy jobs that are particularly short term in nature. These include short-term contract positions, which are characterised by minimum wage and conditions. global citizens people who are aware of the world and working to make it better goods physical or tangible items that satisfy needs and wants government a group of people with the power to rule over a country or state and make decisions and laws on behalf of the people Great Pyramid the oldest and largest pyramid in Egypt; one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Great Sphinx monument with the body of a lion and the face of a man; located in Giza near the Great Pyramid groundwater water that is stored underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock. It comes from rain and water that soaks into the ground and collects in areas called aquifers. halberds daggers mounted on axe handles heresy an opinion or belief that contradicts orthodox beliefs, especially in religion hieratic Egyptian script that was less decorative and complex than hieroglyphs horticulture the growing of garden crops such as fruit, vegetables, herbs and nuts hydrologic cycle another term for the water cycle hydrometeorological hazards natural disasters caused by weather or water, like þoods, storms or droughts hypocaust an underþoor and water-heating system used in Roman villas and public baths hypothermia when a person’s core body temperature falls below 35 ° C and the body is unable to maintain key systems; risk of death without treatment hypothesis (plural: hypotheses) a theory or possible explanation inclusiveness providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone income money earned through employment or investment infantry foot soldiers informal sector jobs not ofýcially recognised by the government infrastructure the basic physical and organisational structures and facilities that help a community run, including roads, schools, sewage and phone lines initiative the ýrst step or opening move in a series of actions innovation either adding a new product to an existing product line, or signiýcantly improving an existing product or process intensiýcation the action of making or becoming something greater interconnection the way people, places and environments are linked to each other through natural processes, trade, migration, culture and technology interest group an organisation focused on speciýc issues or community needs Inundation the seasonal þooding of the Nile investigate to carry out a detailed and systematic inquiry to discover facts or information about a topic or issue irrigation water provided to crops and orchards by hoses, channels or sprays or drip systems in order to supplement rainfall isobars lines on a map that join places with the same air pressure judge a court ofýcial who hears cases in the higher courts, such as the District or County Court, or the Supreme Court judiciary a collective name given to the judges who preside over law courts GLOSSARY 625
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