Poverty

What is poverty? Explain in your own words.

From the video we watched before Mid-Term, how many people around the world live earning less than a dollar a day?

• Around 7 million

• Around 50 million

• Around 1 Billion

• Around 5 Billion

What country did they go to when they were demonstrating this point?

• Chile

• Brazil

• China

• Guatemala

According to Chris in the documentary, where are the extreme poor more likely to live?

• Rural Areas

• Cities

75% of people living in extreme poverty are indigenous Mayan people in Guatemala.

• True

• False

Why do you think native/indigenous people are more likely to experience severe poverty than people descended from colonizers?

How does this apply to Ireland? Do Irish people experience poverty? Where is the evidence of this?