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Poverty

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Extreme poverty?

a)

Living on less than $10 per day

b)

Living on less than $5 per day

c)

Living on less than $2.5 per day

d)

Living on less than $1.9 per day

2.

What is povertry itself?

a)

When you don't have money

b)

When your basic needs aren't met

c)

When your begging in th streets

d)

When you don't have a job

3.

Which one of the following is NOT a type poverty?

a)

Spiritual

b)

Environmental

c)

Energy

d)

Economic

4.

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

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Sometimes true and sometimes false

5.

True or False? Poor people get all their rights like others

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Sometimes true and sometimes false

6.

True or False? Poverty is easy to end at only $1.75 billion per year, which is less than 1% of the income of the richest countries.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Sometimes true and sometimes false

7.

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

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Sometimes rue and sometimes false

8.

Which of these problems can start a cycle of poverty?

a)

Illiteracy

b)

Hunger

c)

War and/or conflict

d)

Lack of shelter

9.

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

a)

50 million

b)

70 million

c)

30 million

d)

10 million

10.

About how many people around the world live under the poverty line of $1.9 per day?

a)

10%

b)

25%

c)

7%

d)

30%