RS Poverty quiz

What is Extreme poverty?

• Living on less than $10 per day

• Living on less than $5 per day

• Living on less than $2.5 per day

• Living on less than $1.9 per day

What is povertry itself?

• When you don't have money

• When your basic needs aren't met

• When your begging in th streets

• When you don't have a job

Which one of the following is NOT a type poverty?

• Spiritual

• Environmental

• Energy

• Economic

True or False? Poor people lose the right to social security and participation in society

• True

• False

• Sometimes true and sometimes false

True or False? Poverty is easy to end at only £1.40 billion per year, which is less than 1% of the income of the richest countries.

• True

• False

• Sometimes true and sometimes false

True or False? Inequality is harmful to economic growth and destroys social unity. Starting political and social tension. Sometimes starts instability and conflicts.

• True

• False

• Sometimes rue and sometimes false

Which of these problems can start a cycle of poverty?

• Illiteracy

• Hunger

• War and/or conflict

• Lack of shelter

About how many children are living in poverty in the richest countries?

• 50 million

• 70 million

• 30 million

• 10 million

About how many people around the world live under the poverty line of £1.50 per day?

• 10%

• 25%

• 7%

• 30%

If people do not have enough resources to survive this is

• relative poverty
• absolute poverty

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