WorksheetsDRC Blood Cobalt
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What % of the worlds cobalt comes from Congo?
a)
30
b)
50
c)
70
d)
90
2.
How many live on less than $2 a day?
a)
thousands
b)
hundreds of thousands
c)
millions
d)
its impossible to know
3.
What % of the cobalt is from illegal sites (artisanal mines)?
a)
10
b)
30
c)
50
d)
70
4.
These informal miners are known as _______ miners
a)
poor
b)
illegal
c)
artesimal
d)
informal
5.
Why do miners die ?
a)
beaten to death
b)
executed by mine owners
c)
mine collapse and cave ins
d)
toxic gases in the mines
6.
What is the acronym for the large cobalt mining company?
a)
CMB
b)
CDM
c)
CMM
d)
CBB
7.
How many of the 19 biggest mines do the Chinese own?
a)
11
b)
13
c)
15
d)
17
8.
Corruption and bribery is common in the DRC.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Its impossible to know
9.
How old are most of the boys working in the Congolese mine?
a)
10-12
b)
12-16
c)
16-20
10.
Exposure to cobalt can lead to heart attacks.
a)
True
b)
False
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