Topic 3-6

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Topic 3-6 study guide Terms -Sustainability: Meeting the needs of today without compromising the needs of the future. Contains three pillars: • Environmental - the ability to keep Earth’s natural resources in balance so that they are consumed at a rate which they can be replenished • Economic - the ability of humans across the planet to secure sources of livelihood (employment) and have access to financial resources they require. • Social - that universal human rights and basic necessities are attainable by all people, that all people can live in communities of health and dignity. -Prosperity: The flourishing, thriving, good fortune and successful social status. Prosperity often produces profuse wealth including factors which can be profusely wealthy in all degrees, such as happiness and health. -Collective identity: A person’s sense of belonging to a group. -Individual identity: How you express yourself in society. -Language viability: The ability of a language to live and thrive. -Official bilingualism: A term used in Canada to collectively describe the policies, constitutional provisions, and laws that ensure legal equality of English and French in the Par...