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WorksheetsDrought and Famine: Crash Course World History #208
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 4mins
"starvation is the characteristic of some people not having enough food to eat. It is not the characteristic of there not being enough to eat." According to the quote by Amartya Sen famines are often man made disasters?
True
False
One reason for lack of resources mentioned by crash course is
people are evil
hoarding
sharing
feeding people who just shouldn't eat
According to Crash Course famines often occur in?
the global north
the global south
the global east
the global west
What was Britains most populous and important colony?
Australia
Canada
India
South Africa
What forces worked against the Indian farmers leading to famine conditions?
A shift in the economy as labor intensive Indian textiles could no longer compete with industrial British textiles.
Debt of Indian farmers who had to buy seeds and fertilizer.
British tax policy.
Indians allocating more land to cash crops to pay British taxes instead of land for food.
Area's near railroads saw the greatest assistance from British authorities?
True
False
The Ghost and the Darkness are two lions famous as
being the first domesticated lions.
being the bases for Disney's Lion King.
being P.T. Barnum's most famous attraction.
being a famous case of man eating lions.
As with the Irish Potato Famine the British justified their policies with who's ideology?
Adam Smith
Karl Marx
Mary Wollstonecraft
Thomas Malthus
According to Crash Course there are fewer under nourished people today then any point in history.
True
False
What does the quote at the end of the episode mean? "let's remember to look for the fingerprints of humans where we would perhaps prefer to seek acts of God."
God is good.
God is evil.
God is to blame for famines.
Events are complex and we should look at human action instead of just thinking they are out of our control.
