HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT POVERTY?

The Goal of this website is to increase and expand the knowledge and sensitivity towards poverty. It's time to tackle the common myths about the poor community and to reach out a helping hand to those in need. This quiz is the first step in testing your knowledge.

Are you aware of the extreme conditions of the poverty crisis? Do you need to expand your knowledge and sensitivity towards the issues of poverty? Take this quiz to find out!

What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
What is your gender?
Male
Female
1. What is Priviledge?
Have more than most poeple have
Having more than needed
Set of rights or assests belonging to a certain status
Being able to meet and exceed basic needs, such as food, education, and healthcare
2. What is Poverty?
the condition in which a person lacks the essentials for a minimum standard of life including food, safe drinking water, sanitation, shelter, health care and basic education.
Not having enough resources to survive
Not having very much money
Being unable to live off of your weekly pay
3. What is the concept of the "Davis-Moore Thesis"?
Recognizes everyone as an individual and society must provide for the ones that cannot provide, such things as, housing food, education, and healthcare, for themselves
Cheaper labor existing outside the United States is taking away jobs within the United States
System by which society ranks people in hierarchy
Belief that social stratification is a good thing, which is initiated with the purpose of discrimination and oppression
4. Differentiate between income and wealth.
Income is more important than wealth
Wealth consists of the wages and salaries from earnings and investments, while income consists of the total amount of valuable goods on has
These terms mean the same thing
Income consists of the wages and salaries from earnings and investments, while wealth consists of the total amount of valuable goods on has
5. What is outsourcing?
Cheaper labor existing outside the United States is taking away jobs within the United States
Resources are taken out of the United States
The descrease in valuable resources
The decrease in sources of income for the wealthy
6. Amount the world spends on Narcotic drugs
$247 million
$10 billion
$400 billion
$420 million
7. Annual cost to eliminates starvation and malnutrition globally
$50 billion
$200 billion
$420 billion
$19 billion
8. How many people live on less than $2.00 a day?
3 billion
30,000 people
120,000 people
1 billion
9. How many people are living without adequete shelter?
300 million have no adequate shelter
640 million have no adequate shelter
73 million have no adequate shelter
580 miilion have no adequate shelter
10. How many people are living below the poverty line in Asia?
1 billion
2 billion
1 million
2 million

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