Test Your Hunger I.Q.
How much do you know about hunger and poverty? Be sure to check out the Sacred Seasons 2009 Hunger Emphasis packet for ways you and your congregation can help end hunger.
1. How many of the world’s countries have the potential to grow sufficient food on a sustainable basis?
Virtually all______ 3/4______ 1/2______ 1/4______
2. The amount of money that the richest one percent of the world’s people make each year equals what the poorest ______ percent make.
15_____ 24______ 57______ 62______
3. What percent of the world’s population survives on less than $1 a day?
5______ 12.5______ 19.3______ 23.4______
4. Each day in the developing world, more than ______ die from preventable and treatable diseases, their bodies made weak from malnourishment.
10,000______ 20,000______ 30,000______ 40,000______
5. In developing countries, 91 children out of 1000 die before their ______ birthday.
2nd______ 5th______ 9th______ 15th______
6. What is one of the leading causes of food security crises?
Displacement______ Job loss______ High population______
7. What percent of American households experience hunger or the risk of hunger?
5.2______ 10.7______ 12.3______ 15.8______
8. True or false? Children who experience severe hunger suffer from higher levels of chronic illness, anxiety and depression, and behavior problems than do children with no hunger.
True______ False______
9. Overall, households with children have nearly ______ the rate of food insecurity as do households without children.
Twice______ Three times______ Four times______
10. True or false? One person or one community cannot make a difference in the fight against extreme hunger and poverty.
True______ False______
Scroll down to figure out how much you know about hunger!
Answers:
(1. Virtually all) (2. 57) (3. 19.3) (4. 30,000) (5. 5th) (6. Displacement) (7. 10.7) (8. True) (9. Twice) (10. False)
—“Facts about Hunger & Poverty” and "Test Your Hunger IQ” were compiled by Lauren Elder, published in Sacred Seasons: Hunger Emphasis 2009, Seeds of Hope Publishers