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Global Issues

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 3hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Inability to read and write
a)
famine
b)
illiteracy
c)
disease
d)
peace
2.
having no place to live
a)
terrorism
b)
immigration
c)
homelessness
d)
environment
3.
two countries fighting against one another
a)
peace
b)
war
c)
racism
d)
addiction
4.
a serious health problem
a)
bacteria
b)
headache
c)
disease
d)
germ
5.
not having enough money
a)
poverty
b)
unemployment
c)
gambling
d)
war
6.
a period of time when there are no wars
a)
pollution
b)
Christmas
c)
peace
d)
pease
7.
having so little to eat that you may die
a)
poverty
b)
homelessness
c)
famine
d)
illiteracy
8.
thinking that people of particular skin colour are worse than others
a)
war
b)
immigration 
c)
emmigration
d)
racism
9.
the damage done to the water, air and land by chemicals
a)
environment
b)
famine
c)
pollution
d)
rubbish
10.
The attack on World Trade Center was an act of... 
a)
terrorism
b)
pollution
c)
war
d)
disease
11.

An important topic that people are discussing or arguing about.

a)

Pandemic

b)

Issue

c)

Community

d)

Trade

12.

Involving the use of natural products and energy in a way that does not harm the environment.

a)

Sustainable

b)

Poverty

c)

Desertification

d)

Children's rights

13.

The activity of buying and selling or of exchanging goods between people or countries

a)

War

b)

Sanitation

c)

Shortage

d)

Trade

14.

​A situation when there is not enough of things that are needed.

a)

Sanitation

b)

Commodity

c)

Shortage

d)

Concern

15.

Including or affecting the whole world.

a)

Create

b)

Global

c)

Local

d)

Raw material

16.

Something that affects a number of countries and population.

a)

Global warming

b)

Poverty

c)

Global issue

d)

Terrorism

17.

Millions of people live without enough water.

a)

Poverty

b)

Discrimination

c)

Terrorism

d)

Water shortage

18.

The equipment and systems that keep places clean.

a)

Poverty

b)

Trade

c)

Sanitation

d)

Children's rights

19.

You have the right to feel good, to be well cared for, healthy, and safe.

a)

Global warming

b)

Children's rights

c)

Water shortage

d)

Discrimination

20.

The opposite of war is (a)   .

21.

When there's a (a)   , people are always hungry.

22.

People live in ... when they are very poor.

(a)  

23.

When people have a (a)   they become ill.

24.

Air and water (a)   is bad for the environment.

25.

There was an act of ... in New York on 11th September 2001.

(a)  

26.

The artic ice cap is_____________________.

a)

melted

b)

melting

c)

melt

d)

meltting

27.

The majority of ________________ lives on the coast or the banks of the rivers.

a)

fish

b)

animals

c)

humankin

d)

humankind

28.

The more a country develops, the more meat its ______________ consume.

a)

inhabitants

b)

habitants

29.

a)

Climate Change

b)

Globalization

c)

Children's rights

30.

a)

Climate change

b)

Children's rights

c)

Global food production

31.

a)

Globalization

b)

Children's rights

c)

Cultural Diversity

32.

a)

Sustainability of the planet

b)

Globalization

c)

Global food production

33.
a)

Change

b)

Sell

c)

Trade

34.

a)

World

b)

Artificial resources

c)

Natural Resources

35.

The maintenance and improvement of physical and mental health through medical services.

a)

Poverty

b)

Healthcare

c)

Shelter

d)

Nutrition

36.

The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth

a)

Nutrition

b)

Poverty

c)

Shelter

d)

Sanitation

37.

A place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger

a)

Education

b)

Shelter

c)

AIDS

d)

Desertification

38.

The process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university

a)

Shelter

b)

Energy

c)

Education

d)

Human Needs

39.

Conditions relating to public health, especially the provision of clean drinking water and adequate sewage disposal.

a)

Clean Air

b)

Sanitation/Safe Water

c)

Energy

d)

Deforestation

40.

Rights that promote a position of legal and social equality of "women" with men

a)

Human Rights

b)

Freedom

c)

Womans Rights

d)

Health Care

41.

Basic rights and freedoms to which ALL humans are entitled

a)

Poverty

b)

Human Rights

c)

Education

d)

Womans Rights

42.

Power derived from the utilization of physical or chemical resources, especially to provide light and heat or to work machines

a)

Air

b)

Energy

c)

Sanitation

d)

Technology

43.

An outstanding loan that one country owes to another country or institutions within that country

a)

International Debt

b)

Debt

c)

Loan

d)

Credit

44.

The sum of techniques, skills, methods & processes used in the production of goods or services

a)

International Debt

b)

Computers

c)

Technology

d)

Internet

45.

The process by which fertile land becomes desert.

a)

Heat Wave

b)

Deforestation

c)

Desertification

d)

Clearing of land

46.

The clearing of trees, transforming a forest into cleared land.

a)

Deforestation

b)

Acid Rain

c)

Desertification

d)

Ozone Depletion

47.

A decline of about 4% per decade in the total volume of ozone in Earth's ozone layer.

a)

Acid Rain

b)

Ozone Depletion

c)

Energy

d)

AIDS

48.

Rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution and causes harm to forests/lakes.

a)

Pollution

b)

Toxic Waste

c)

Rain Water

d)

Acid Rain

49.

The presence in the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.

a)

Acid Rain

b)

Toxic Waste

c)

Ozone Depletion

d)

Sanitation

50.

Which of the following is NOT a basic need?

a)

Water

b)

Internet

c)

Food

d)

Shelter

51.

The following are types of Renewable Energy except.......

a)

Solar Energy

b)

Natural Gas

c)

Wind Energy

d)

Biomass Energy

52.

There are too many people for the resources of the land to support.

a)

Overpopulation

b)

Crowded

c)

Big City

d)

Education

53.

Too long without the right kind of food/nutrition.

a)

Hungry

b)

Shelter

c)

Malnutrition

d)

Poverty

54.

unemployment

a)
b)
c)
d)
55.

traffic

a)
b)
c)
d)