Poverty Quiz

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Poverty Quiz
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True or False?

• Half of the worlds population live on less than
  1.20 a day
• True.
• Even more unbelievable is that over one billion
  people live in less than 60p a day

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• The gross domestic product of the poorest 48
  countries (a quarter of the worlds countries) is
  less than all the wealth of the worlds ten
  richest people
• False, it is actually less than the wealth of the
  worlds three richest people
• This means that the three richest people in the
  world earn more than the 48 poorest countries put
  together!!!!

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• Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century
  unable to read a book or write their names
• True

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• A child dies of poverty every 5 seconds
• False, a child dies of poverty every 3 seconds

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• 1 of people own 57 of the world's wealth
• True
• Bill Gates could solve poverty in Africa if he
  wanted to

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• For every 1 they receive in aid from rich
  countries, the poorest countries lose 14 because
  of unfair trade rules
• True

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• In 2004 the United states spent
• 455 000 000 000 on arms last year and only
  20 of that went on aid
• False, only 4.1 of that total went on aid

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• Many poor countries in the third world are kept
  poor because of the money they owe to countries
  in the west
• True, this is called Third World Debt

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The Third World
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Homework

• Find out why some countries are so much poorer
  than others. Why is there a divide between north
  and south?