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Poverty

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 11mins

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%

11.
How many types of poverty are there?
a)
One
b)
Two
c)
Three
d)
Four
12.
If people do not have enough resources to survive this is
a)
relative poverty
b)
absolute poverty
13.
Absolute poverty
a)
can be eradicated
b)
can't be eradicated
14.
When people have unequal  living standards is called
a)
absolute poverty
b)
relative poverty
15.
Relative poverty occurs 
a)
in some countries
b)
in a small number of countries
c)
everywhere
16.
Relative poverty
a)
is staying the same
b)
in decreasing
c)
is increasing
17.
Discrimination is when .................. because of their gender, race or social group.
a)
people are treated the same
b)
people are treated differently
c)
people are treated badly 
18.
Poverty affects
a)
individuals
b)
ethnic groups
c)
society
d)
all of the above
19.

Which is not a cause of poverty?

a)

Higher education

b)

Poor health facilities

c)

Poor infrastructure

d)

High growth of population

20.

Which is a measure to remove poverty?

a)

Employment opportunities

b)

Low production

c)

Less income

d)

More big cars

21.

The people who never move above the poverty line are called:

a)

Chronic Poor

b)

None Poor

c)

Both A and B

d)

None of these

22.
..... is a situation where a person lacks the income and resources to achieve a minimum standard of living
a)
Poverty
b)
poverty rate
c)
poverty threshold
23.
True or False:
For the most part, people living in poverty do not work.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
True or False: 
663 million people in the world,1 in 10 that lack access to safe water
a)
True
b)
False
25.
Seemingly endless continuation of poverty.
a)
Microfinance
b)
Unicycle
c)
Cycle of Poverty
d)
Cycle of Life
26.
________ are living in poverty in the world’s richest countries
a)
1 in 3 children
b)
1 in 4 children
c)
1 in 5 children
d)
1 in 10 children