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Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
In all low income countries across the world today, how many girls finish primary school?
20%
40%
60%
Where does the majority of the world population live?
low income countries
middle income countries
high income countries
In the last 20 years, the proportion of the world population living in extreme poverty has...
almost doubled
remained more or less the same
almost halved
What is the life expectancy of the world today?
50 years
60 years
70 years
There are 2 billion children in the world today, aged 0 to 15 years old. How many children will there be in the year 2100 according to the united nations?
4 billion
3 billion
2 billion
The UN predicts that by 2100 the world population will have increased by another 4 nillion people. What is the main reason?
There will be more children (age below 15)
There will be more adults (age 15-74)
There will be more very old people (age 75 and older)
How did the number of deaths per year from natural disasters change over the last 100 years?
More than doubled
Remain about the same
Decreased to less than half
There are roughly 7 billion people in the world today. Which proportion is the best representation of the breakdown in population?
North and South America : 1 Europe: 1 Africa: 1 Asia Pac: 4
North and South America : 1 Europe: 1 Africa: 2 Asia Pac: 3
North and South America : 2 Europe: 1 Africa: 1 Asia Pac: 3
How many of the world's 1 year old children today have been vaccinated against some disease?
20%
50%
80%
Worldwide, 30 year old men have spent 10 years in school, on average. How many years have women of the same age spent in school?
9
6
3
In 1996, tigers, giant pandas and black rhinos were all listed as endangered. How many of these 3 are more critically endangered today?
2 of them
1 of them
none of them
How many people in the world have some access to electricity?
20%
50%
80%
Global climate experts believe that over the next 100 years, the average temperature will
get warmer
remain the same
get colder
