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Expanding Your Universes!!!

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the last 20 years the proportion of people living in extreme poverty worldwide, has...?

a)

Almost doubled

b)

Remained more or less the same

c)

Almost halved

2.

How many of the world's 1-year-old children today have been vaccinated against some disease?

a)

80%

b)

50%

c)

20%

3.

How did the number of deaths per year from natural disasters change over the last 100 years?

a)

More than doubled

b)

Remained more or less the same

c)

Decreased to less than half

4.

Where does the majority of the world population live?

a)

Low income countries

b)

Middle income countries

c)

High income countries

5.

Worldwide, 30-year-old men have spent 10 years in school. How about women?

a)

9 years

b)

6 years

c)

3 years

6.

The UN predicts that by 2100 the world population will increase by 4 billion people. Why?

a)

There will be more children (under 15)

b)

There will be more adults (15 - 75)

c)

There will be more very old people (above75)

7.

In low income countries across the world, how many girls complete fifth grade?

a)

20%

b)

40%

c)

60%

8.

There are roughly seven billion people in the world — which map shows where they live? (each figure represent 1 billion people)

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

9.

How many people in the world have some access to electricity?

a)

20%

b)

50%

c)

80%

10.

What is the life expectancy of the world population?

a)

50 years

b)

60 years

c)

70 years

11.

Tigers, Giant Pandas and Black Rhinos were threatened species in 1996. Number that got worse?

a)

None

b)

One

c)

Two