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How many people live in a slum around the world?

• 900 million

• 600,000- 9 million

• 900,000- 1.6 billion

• 900 million - 1.6 billion

What is a slum?

• Places in cities where living conditions are very poor because of lack of services and overcrowding.

• Places in cities where people live close to the shops.

• Places in villages where living conditions are very poor because of lack of services and overcrowding

• Places where a lot of people live.

What is another name for a slum?

• Sanitation

• favela

• residents

• village

Where would you find Dharavi Slum?

• Mexico

• Brazil

• India

• South Africa

Which city would you find Rocinha favela in?

• Mexico City

• Mumbai

• Rio de Janeiro

• Brazil

Which of these are challenges faced by people that live in slums? Tick two correct answers.

• Plenty of job opportunities with very high wages

• Diseases caused by dirty water supplies and poor sanitation

• Crowded housing

• Tourists from wealthy countries visiting their slums on a tour

Why do governments and developers want to bulldoze slums and move the residents somewhere else?

• They look bad and give a bad reputation

• They want to build new houses and shops to sell them for lots of money

• They want them to leave their city

• They want to move them closer to the city centre

Which of these slums is built on steep slopes?

• Rochina Favela

• Dharavi Slum

In which of these slums do many people earn money sorting through other people's rubbish for things that can be recycled?

• Rochina Favela

• Dharavi Slum

Which of these statements are true?

• In Slums, it is easy and cheap to get clean water.

• In Slums, there is often a lot of overcrowding.

• In Slums, there aren't enough toilets for people to use.