MDG's quiz

In what year were the
In what year were the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
adopted by world leaders?
adopted by world leaders?

1975 2000

1999 2006

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The Millennium
The Millennium
Development Goals
Development Goals
(MDGs) were adopted
(MDGs) were adopted
by world leaders
by world leaders
at the UN Millennium
at the UN Millennium
Summit held in
Summit held in
New York in the
New York in the
year 2000.
year 2000.

How many countries made the promise
How many countries made the promise
to commit to the Millennium Development
to commit to the Millennium Development
Goals?
Goals?

8 27

189 215

Correct
Correct

189 countries made
189 countries made
the promise to
the promise to
commit to the
commit to the
MDGs.
MDGs.

How many MDGs are there?
How many MDGs are there?

50 20

8 15

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Correct
There are eight
There are eight
Millennium
Millennium
Development
Development
Goals or MDGs.
Goals or MDGs.
These children are
These children are
campaigning to
campaigning to
remind politicians
remind politicians
to keep their promises
to keep their promises
to make the world a
to make the world a
fairer place!
fairer place!

What is the target date for accomplishing
What is the target date for accomplishing
the MDGs?
the MDGs?

2010 2015

2050 2100

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Correct

The target date for
The target date for
accomplishing the
accomplishing the
Millennium
Millennium
Development Goals
Development Goals
(MDGs) is 2015.
(MDGs) is 2015.

What year is the “baseline” year used
What year is the “baseline” year used
for measuring progress on the MDGs?
for measuring progress on the MDGs?

1980 1985

1990 2000

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Correct

1990 is the “baseline”
1990 is the “baseline”
year used for
year used for
measuring progress
measuring progress
on the MDGs
on the MDGs

The measure that allows evaluation of
The measure that allows evaluation of
progress towards the Millennium
progress towards the Millennium
Development Goals are referred to as:
Development Goals are referred to as:

markers goals

targets standards

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Targets allow
Targets allow
evaluation of progress
evaluation of progress
towards the MDGs
towards the MDGs

Which geographic region needs the most
Which geographic region needs the most
improvement to reach its goals?
improvement to reach its goals?

Southest Asia South America

Middle East Sub-Saharan Africa

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Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
needs the most
needs the most
improvement to
improvement to
reach its goals
reach its goals

Millennium Development Goal 1
How many people in the world today live
How many people in the world today live
on less than one US dollar $1 a day?
on less than one US dollar $1 a day?

About ten thousand Over one million
10,000 1,000,000

Over one billion About one hundred thousand
1,000,000,000 100,000

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Around one billion
Around one billion
people in our world live
people in our world live
on less than one US
on less than one US
dollar a day.
dollar a day.
That’s about 1/6
That’s about 1/6
of the world’s population!
of the world’s population!
CAFOD is working with
CAFOD is working with
people around the world
people around the world
to make sure everyone
to make sure everyone
has a fair share.
has a fair share.

In our world today how many children
In our world today how many children
do not have a chance to go to school?
do not have a chance to go to school?

Over 100,000,000 About 10,000
(one hundred million) (ten thousand)

Less than 100,000 About 1,000,000
(one hundred thousand) (one million)

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Correct
Over 100 million children in our world do not have access to education.
Over 100 million children in our world do not have access to education.
There are many different reasons that stop some children from going
There are many different reasons that stop some children from going
to school. Sometimes there aren’t enough teachers or schools or the
to school. Sometimes there aren’t enough teachers or schools or the
children live a long way from the nearest school. Sometimes
children live a long way from the nearest school. Sometimes
it is because families cannot afford the uniforms and
it is because families cannot afford the uniforms and
books or the children have to work or stay home to look
books or the children have to work or stay home to look
after sick parents.
after sick parents.

Which of the following statements is true
Which of the following statements is true
in many developing countries?
in many developing countries?

Women are paid Females are less likely
less than men to go to school

Women are less
All of them
likely to own land

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In Developing countries, women are
In Developing countries, women are
paid less than men, are less likely to
paid less than men, are less likely to
go to school or own land
go to school or own land

In our world today about 860 million
In our world today about 860 million
(860,000,000) adults cannot read.
(860,000,000) adults cannot read.
What fraction of them are women?
What fraction of them are women?

½ ¼

⅔ ⅛

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2/3 of illiterate adults are women.
2/3 of illiterate adults are women.
That’s over 573,000,000 women
That’s over 573,000,000 women
who have never had the
who have never had the
chance to learn to read.
chance to learn to read.

How many children die each year before the
age of five?

27 thousand Nearly 10 million

27 million 35 million

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Correct

Nearly 10 million
Nearly 10 million
children die each year
children die each year
before the age of five.
before the age of five.
The leading causes
The leading causes
(pneumonia, diarrhoea,
(pneumonia, diarrhoea,
malaria and measles)
malaria and measles)
are all preventable.
are all preventable.

How many children under 5 die in
Sub-Saharan Africa?

20 per 1000 52 per 1000

100 per 1000 166 per 1000

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Correct

166 per 1000 in
166 per 1000 in
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
In Africa, babies die
In Africa, babies die
20 times more
20 times more
frequently than they
frequently than they
do in Australia.
do in Australia.

______________ is very important to
pregnant mothers

Nutrition Medical care at birth

Medical advice and
All of them
pregnancy planning

Correct.
Correct.
All of them. 500,000 children die in childbirth
All of them. 500,000 children die in childbirth
each year. In order to prevent this it is
each year. In order to prevent this it is
necessary for women to have adequate
necessary for women to have adequate
nutrition, medicine and medical care.
nutrition, medicine and medical care.

What are the three key diseases to fight
under MDG #6?

Polio, Heart Disease Malaria, Tuberculosis
& HIV/AIDS & HIV/AIDS

Tuberculosis, Cancer Malaria, Diabetes
& HIV/AIDS & Cholera

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Correct
Malaria, Tuberculosis
Malaria, Tuberculosis
& HIV/AIDS are the
& HIV/AIDS are the
key diseases to fight
key diseases to fight
under MDG #6
under MDG #6

Around 3000 people die everyday because of a
disease called malaria
But how is malaria spread?

By coughing By mosquito bites

In dirty water Through cuts

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Malaria is spread by
Malaria is spread by
mosquito bites and
mosquito bites and
claims over a million
claims over a million
lives each year.
lives each year.
Anti malaria drugs
Anti malaria drugs
can be expensive but
can be expensive but
a mosquito net
a mosquito net
treated with insecticide
treated with insecticide
can help to reduce
can help to reduce
the number of people
the number of people
infected in
infected in
malaria-affected areas.
malaria-affected areas.

Which of the following is the most successful
method of reducing HIV transmission?

Vaccination Education

Medication Free contraception

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Correct
Education is the most
Education is the most
successful method of
successful method of
reducing HIV
reducing HIV
transmission
transmission

Water is essential for life and health.
But how many people in the world
can’t get hold of clean, safe drinking water?

About 10 thousand Over one million
(10,000) (1,000,000)

Over 1.1 billion Doesn’t everyone have
(1,100,000,000) a tap in their house?

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Correct
Over 1.1 billion people in our world don’t have access to
Over 1.1 billion people in our world don’t have access to
safe water. In the developing world 10 people die
safe water. In the developing world 10 people die
every minute from disease caused by unsafe
every minute from disease caused by unsafe
water. CAFOD is working to change this.
water. CAFOD is working to change this.

The removal of waste products from the
physical environment is referred to as:

sanitation irrigation

water supply watercourses

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Correct
The removal of waste products from the physical
The removal of waste products from the physical
environment is referred to as sanitation. As a
environment is referred to as sanitation. As a
result of lack of sanitation and clean water, there
result of lack of sanitation and clean water, there
is a greater risk of diseases such as diarrhoea,
is a greater risk of diseases such as diarrhoea,
cholera, worm infestations and hepatitis.
cholera, worm infestations and hepatitis.

How many soccer fields would you need to
represent the number of trees cut down
every day around the world?

100 50

600,800 22,300

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22,300. Trees are one example of a natural
22,300. Trees are one example of a natural
resource that helps people live. Trees are
resource that helps people live. Trees are
an important part of the environment and
an important part of the environment and
work together with ecosystems to keep
work together with ecosystems to keep
clean water in the area, keep pastures
clean water in the area, keep pastures
fertile and provide people with energy
fertile and provide people with energy

What is the best way to solve these
problems by 2015?

Raising more money
By working together
in poor countries

By leaving each country
By giving rich countries
alone to handle their
more responsibility
own problems

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By working together.
By working together.
For many countries
For many countries
it is difficult to solve
it is difficult to solve
these problems on their
these problems on their
own. Everybody needs
own. Everybody needs
to work together to build
to work together to build
a “global partnership” to
a “global partnership” to
achieve all the MDGs.
achieve all the MDGs.

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