Topic 2 Assessment - Scarcity

Food scarcity is defined as:

• not having enough food to feed a population

• not being able to afford food

• having plenty of food to eat

• having too much food to eat

Fill in the blank: A food desert is a place where people do not have access to _________________________.

• gas stations

• water

• junk food

• safe and nutritious food

What is the relationship between population growth and food scarcity?

• The higher populations grow the less of an issue food scarcity is.

• The higher populations grow, the more of a problem food scarcity is

• no relationship - they don't impact each other at all

• The lower populations get, the worse food scarcity is.

According to this map which continent has the worst "hunger" issues?

• North America

• South America

• Africa

• Europe

Check all that apply: "reasons that cause food scarcity"

• not enough arable land

• floods

• droughts

• really good arable land

The Green Revolution:

• was started by Albert Einstein and greatly increased crop diseases around the world

• was started by Norman Borlaugh and greatly increased crop production around the world by creating a new strain of wheat grain.

• was started by a lady named Barbie who found a way to eliminate food deserts

• took place in Australia, where they found a new way to grow any type of food in the desert.

In India, where over a billion people live, ___________ percent of their population suffer from hunger.

• 20%

• 50%

• 5%

• 90%

In India, the green revolution was great at first but then what was the negative side effect of it?

• it created a huge bug and pest problem

• the new types of seeds they were using causes severe allergic reactions to a lot of their people

• they grew too much food and the country started seeing obesity rates rise

• It used up their water supply and drained the nutrients from the soil so they were back to struggling to be able to grow crops.

India's main product that they grow is tea. What did the article suggest as a partial solution to their hunger problem?

• That India should grow even MORE tea to make more money

• That India should expand and grow a variety of nutrient rich foods that their people could eat.

• That India should try to make 30% of their population move to a different country so they would have less people to feed.

• That India should try to raise only livestock to feed their people.

According to this map - which parts of the world have the lowest female literacy rate.

• The United States and Canada

• Africa and South Asia

• Central and South America

• Australia