Live Below The Line Schools Quiz 2012

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Hi Niki Here is the quiz we mentioned. The correct answers are highlighted in red. Let me know if you need any other material from us, e.g. images and videos that might be useful. 1// What does extreme poverty mean? People are living on less than the equivalent of $20 per day People are living on less than the equivalent of $5 per day People are living on less than the equivalent of $2.25 per day 2// How many people live in extreme poverty worldwide? 1.4 billion 14 million 1.4 million 3// Women perform the majority of the world's working hours, but how much of the world's income do women earn? 50% 25% 10% 4// Which of the below countries has gone from being an aid-recipient country to an aid-donor country due to investment in their education, infrastructure and industry? Japan Thailand South Korea Kenya 5// To stop people contracting cholera it is important everyone has access to what? A sewerage system 24-hour medical assisstance Private healthcare An X-Box

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A multiple choice quiz to get classes primed to learn about the Live Below The Line challenge and global poverty.

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Hi Niki

Here is the quiz we mentioned. The correct answers are highlighted in red. Let me know if you need any other material from us, e.g. images and videos that might be useful.

1// What does extreme poverty mean?

People are living on less than the equivalent of $20 per day People are living on less than the equivalent of $5 per day People are living on less than the equivalent of $2.25 per day

2// How many people live in extreme poverty worldwide? 1.4 billion 14 million 1.4 million

3// Women perform the majority of the world's working hours, but how much of the world's income do women earn?

50% 25% 10%

4// Which of the below countries has gone from being an aid-recipient country to an aid-donor country due to investment in their education, infrastructure and industry?

Japan Thailand South Korea Kenya

5// To stop people contracting cholera it is important everyone has access to what?

A sewerage system 24-hour medical assisstance Private healthcare An X-Box

6// How many children are missing out on basic education worldwide?

750 thousand 75 million 7.5 billion

7// How many people worldwide don’t have access to clean drinking water or sanitation?

4.8 million 80 million 884 million

8// What illness is responsible for the deaths mentioned in the previous question and is caused by a lack of clean water and sanitation?

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Diabetes Diarrhoea Asthma

9// How many of the world’s population go hungry every night? 1 in 7 people 1 in 70 people 1 in 100 people

10// What is the aim of the Global Poverty Project? To end extreme poverty within a generation To get the next generation to end extreme poverty To ignore extreme poverty because we don’t personally know the

people it affects