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C/S 03 Gambia High Natural Increase

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How big is Gambia compared to Singapore?

a)

0.5 times the size

b)

Same size

c)

1.5 times the size

d)

Twice the size

2.

What % of the population are farmers?

a)

20%

b)

40%

c)

60%

d)

80%

3.

What % of the population live below the UN Absolute Poverty line of $1.25 per day?

a)

1/5

b)

1/4

c)

1/3

d)

1/2

4.

What % of the population are Muslim?

a)

65%

b)

75%

c)

85%

d)

95%

5.

What is Gambia's IMR (infant mortality rate) per 1000 children aged 0-1?

a)

Over 10

b)

Over 25

c)

Over 60

d)

Over 105

6.

Now increasing numbers of Gambia's girls go to school, but traditionally Gambia's women had little formal education. What is the adult literacy rate for women?

a)

40%

b)

43%

c)

48%

d)

50%

7.

The population dividend is high because the population is so young. What is the population size expected to do in the next 28 years?

a)

Half

b)

Stay the same

c)

Double

d)

Triple

8.

Gambia's BR is now 30/1000, having been 40/1000 a decade ago. What is the DR?

a)

7

b)

17

c)

27

d)

37

9.

What is the name of the school which has 3,000 students taught in 26 classrooms, with 2 shifts per day and 1 toilet per 260 students?

a)

Banjul

b)

Gambia National

c)

Serrekunda

d)

Georgetown

10.

At the present rate of deforestation, Gambia is set to lose all its trees in the next... years

a)

40

b)

50

c)

60

d)

70

11.

At Kerewan Lower Basic School mothers and students help grow vegetables in the school garden. The World Food Programme (WFP) and EU are funding school meals programmes because... % of the population are food insecure.

a)

5

b)

25

c)

45

d)

65

12.

What is the name of the NGO which delivers boxes of subsidised condoms to rural settlements by motorbike?

a)

Futures

b)

Possibilities

c)

Prospects

d)

Hopes