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- 1. Multiple Choice
In all low-income countries across the world today, how many girls finish primary school?
20 percent
40 percent
60 percent
- 2. Multiple Choice
Where does the majority of the world population live?
Low-income countries
Middle-income countries
High-income countries
- 3. Multiple Choice
In the last 20 years, the proportion of the world population living in extreme poverty has...
almost doubled
remained more or less the same
almost halved
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the life expectancy of the world today?
50 years
60 years
70 years
- 5. Multiple Choice
There are 2 billion children in the world today, aged 0 to 15 years old. How many children will there be in the year 2100, according to the United Nations?
4 billion
3 billion
2 billion
- 6. Multiple Choice
The UN predicts that by 2100 the world population will have increased by another 4 billion people. What is the main reason?
There will be more children (age below 15).
There will be more adults (age 15 to 74).
There will be more very old people (age 75 and older).
- 7. Multiple Choice
How did the number of deaths per year from natural disasters change over the last hundred years?
More than doubled
Remained about the same
Decreased to less than half
- 8. Multiple Choice
There are roughly 7 billion people in the world today. Which map shows best where they live? (Each figure represents 1 billion people.)
1 in America - 1 in Europe - 1 in Africa and 4 in Asia
1 in America - 1 in Europe - 2 in Africa and 3 in Asia
2 in America - 1 in Europe - 1 in Africa and 3 in Asia
- 9. Multiple Choice
How many of the world's 1-year-old children today have been vaccinated against some disease?
20 percent
50 percent
80 percent
- 10. Multiple Choice
Worldwide, 30-year-old men have spent 10 years in school, on average. How many years have women of the same age spent in school?
9 years
6 years
3 years
- 11. Multiple Choice
In 1996, tigers, giant pandas, and black rhinos were all listed as endangered. How many of these three species are more critically endangered today?
Two of them
One of them
None of them
- 12. Multiple Choice
How many people in the world have some access to electricity?
20 percent
50 percent
80 percent
- 13. Multiple Choice
Global climate experts believe that, over the next 100 years, the average temperature will...
get warmer.
remain the same.
get colder.
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