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Poverty Related Diseases

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What three diseases make up 10% of global deaths?

a)

Malaria, AIDS/HIV and Tuberculois

b)

Malaria, Tuberculois and Tonsilities

c)

Tuberculois, Diarrhoea and Tonsillities

d)

Malaria, Tuberculois and Cholera

2.

What does HIC stand for?

a)

High Income Country

b)

High Income County

c)

Low Income Country

d)

Low Income County

3.

What does LIC stand for?

a)

High Income Country

b)

High Income County

c)

Low Income Country

d)

Low Income County

4.

What is an example of an LIC?

a)

Singapore

b)

Malawi

c)

England

d)

USA

5.

What is an example of an HIC?

a)

Malawi

b)

Nigeria

c)

Singapore

d)

Egypt

6.

How many malaria deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa?

a)

70%

b)

80%

c)

85%

d)

90%

7.

LICs account of how many global AIDS cases?

a)

90%

b)

92%

c)

95%

d)

97%

8.

What is the definition of diseases?

a)

A destructive insect or other animal that attacks crops, food, livestock.

b)

An illness of people, animals, plants caused by infection of failure of health.

c)

An illness of people, animals, plants caused by an accident.

d)

Poisonous chemicals applied to crops to kill pests.

9.

What is the definition of pests?

a)

A destructive insect or other animal that attacks crops, food, livestock.

b)

An illness of people, animals, plants caused by infection of failure of health.

c)

An illness of people, animals, plants caused by an accident.

d)

Poisonous chemicals applied to crops to kill pests.

10.

What is the definition of pesticides?

a)

A destructive insect or other animal that attacks crops, food, livestock.

b)

An illness of people, animals, plants caused by infection of failure of health.

c)

An illness of people, animals, plants caused by an accident.

d)

Poisonous chemicals applied to crops to kill pests.

11.

True or false. In poor countries there is often little education on how to prevent disease.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

True or false. When people are sick they are unable to go to work and lose money.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

True or false. Lack of access to clean drinking water caused diseases such as cholera to spread slowly.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

How did HIC's get rid of malaria?

a)

Education and investment

b)

Investment and climate

c)

Climate and Education

d)

Education, investment and climate.

15.

What year are we predicted to eradicate malaria by?

a)

2025

b)

2037

c)

2050

d)

2052