Key terms & definitions

The ability to absorb energy and deform without fracturing.

Travel away from home for leisure, involving at least one overnight stay.

An organised occasion featuring contests between knights, used for military training, entertainment and displays of status.

A large, tall shield whose outline resembles a tower, providing extensive bodily coverage.

A local law officer responsible for maintaining order in a town.

A South African urban residential area shaped by the history of racial segregation. In Tsotsi, township life includes poverty and basic housing, but also community and care.

A person used in a town to watch for criminal activity.

Poisonous; able to cause serious harm or death if a sufficient amount enters the body.

Describes a poisonous substance that can cause serious harm or death.

A poisonous gas that harms living organisms when inhaled.

The extent to which a substance can harm the body.

The extent to which a substance causes harm to cells, tissues or an organism.

The ability of a substance to harm living organisms.

Harmful expectations or behaviours associated with masculinity, such as aggression, domination and entitlement; not masculinity or men as a whole.

A harmful substance produced by some pathogens that damages cells or tissues.

A poisonous substance produced by a pathogen that can damage cells or tissues.

A poisonous substance produced by an organism; some bacteria produce toxins that cause food poisoning.

The ability to follow a product or ingredient through its supply chain back to where it was produced.

A mineral needed by the body in particularly small quantities. Iodine and fluoride are examples.

A table used to record changing variable values and outputs while following an algorithm step by step.

The main tube, also called the windpipe, that carries air from the mouth or nose towards the bronchi.

Working through an algorithm one instruction at a time, recording changing values and outputs.

Smooth, very translucent paper that allows an image underneath to be seen and copied.

The route followed by the centre of a tropical cyclone as it moves.

A shot made while the camera moves through space, for example alongside a character or vehicle.

Transportation in which large stones and boulders roll along the river bed.

The exchange of goods and services between people, businesses or countries.

Buying and selling goods; in the play, overseas trade supplies Antonio's wealth but exposes it to the dangers of sea voyages.

The agreement reached in December 2020 which provides a framework for UK–EU trade and cooperation following Brexit.

A measure that makes trade between countries more difficult, such as a tariff or a restriction on imports.