Global Health
Foreign Aid
Microfinance
Education
Misc.
100
PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) has been widely praised for its success in combating global HIV/AIDS. Which US President initiated this program?
a. Barack Obama
b. George W. Bush
c. Bill Clinton
d. Ronald Reagan
b. George W. Bush
100
Foreign aid is often considered part of foreign policy. What are the “three D’s” of US foreign policy?
a. development, diplomacy, defense
b. development, democracy, diplomacy
c. domination, diplomacy, defense
d. development, democracy, defense
a. development, diplomacy, defense
100
What is microfinance?
a. A synonym for mortgage-backed securities.
b. Financial services for the very poor, including small loans, saving mechanisms, and insurance.
c. Financial services offered by Microsoft
d. Financial services offered by ATMs
b. Financial services for the very poor, including small loans, saving mechanisms, and insurance.
100
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates made what book required reading for military commanders and Special Forces being deployed to Afghanistan?
a. Enduring the Freedom: A Rogue Historian in Afghanistan
b. Out of Afghanistan: the Inside Story of the Soviet Withdrawal
c. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace, One School at a Time
d. Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the Fall of the Taliban
c. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace, One School at a Time
100
In 2000, 189 countries, including the US, pledged to achieve the MDGs by 2015. What does MDGs stand for?
a. Military Disarmament Goals
b. Millennium Development Goals
c. Mediating Diplomacy Goals
d. Multilateral Derequisition Goals
b. Millennium Development Goals
200
Worldwide, how many people die each year from tuberculosis?
a. 1,700 people
b. 17,000 people
c. 170,000 people
d. 1,700,000 people
d. 1,700,000 people
200
How much does the US spend on foreign aid each year? (as a percentage of GDP)
a. 0.19%
b. 1%
c. 5%
d. 10%
a. 0.19%
200
RESULTS activists work on microfinance efforts that target the poorest of the poor. How many people live on less that $1.25 a day (international poverty line)?
a. 0.7 billion
b. 1.4 billion
c. 3.2 billion
d. 6.7 billion
b. 1.4 billion
200
Worldwide, how many children of primary school age are not in school?
a. 30 million
b. 75 million
c. 150 million
d. 300 million
b. 75 million
200
Assuming you live in the 4th District, which includes Chapel Hill and Durham, who is your Representative?
a. Richard Burr
b. Bev Purdue
c. Nancy Pelosi
d. David Price
d. David Price
300
Over the past 5 years, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria has provided successful treatment for how many cases of malaria each year?
a. 17 million cases
b. 27 million cases
c. 47 million cases
d. 74 million cases
d. 74 million cases
300
US foreign assistance is currently governed by the Foreign Assistance Act written in what year?
a. 1789
b. 1961
c. 1998
d. 2005
b. 1961
300
In 1976, Muhammad Yunus started the microcredit movement by lending how much money altogether to 47 Bangladeshi women?
a. $4
b. $27
c. $42
d. $103
b. $27
300
What do an economist (Muhammad Yunus), a former president of Ireland (Mary Robinson), and a religious leader (Desmond Tutu) have in common? For one, they were all awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. Also, they all have...?
a. Sponsored scholarships for female education in Botswana
b. Vacationed in Nova Scotia
c. Been awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by the US Congress
d. Called for the creation of a Global Fund for Education
d. Called for the creation of a Global Fund for Education
300
203 out of the 535 senators and representatives in the US Congress have .... what?
a. Dogs
b. Twitter accounts
c. Mistresses
d. iPhones
b. Twitter accounts
400
Worldwide, what is the most common cause of disability?
a. Tobacco-related disease
b. Nutritional disorders
c. Vision, hearing, and mental health problems
d. Accidents
c. Vision, hearing, and mental health problems
400
US law mandates that food aid to struggling nations be purchased from US suppliers and shipped on US vessels; thus, ___ cents out of every dollar in food aid stays in the US.
a. 10 cents
b. 35 cents
c. 65 cents
d. 98 cents
c. 65 cents
400
RESULTS partners with a microfinance organization called Jamii Bora, by sharing news, challenges, and success stories of Jamii Bora clients with members of Congress. Where is Jamii Bora located?
a. Punjab, India
b. Lima, Peru
c. Nairobi, Kenya
d. Alytus, Lithuania
b. c. Nairobi, Kenya
400
Each year of education beyond 3rd or 4th grade means ____ percent higher future wages for a girl in a poor country.
a. 1%
b. 2%
c. 5%
d. 20%
d. 20%
400
How many people are there in the world?
a. 1.2 billion
b. 3.8 billion
c. 6.7 billion
d. 67 billion
c. 6.7 billion
500
A few doses of Vitamin A given to a baby can prevent blindness and even death. What is the cost of a dose of Vitamin A in developing countries?
a. 2 cents
b. 10 cents
c. $2.00
d. $10.00
a. 2 cents
500
For the past year, the US and the world have undergone an economic crisis, and millions more people in the world’s poorest countries have been in danger of slipping further into poverty. Some question whether the US should focus on “America first” or keep our focus also on strengthening aid to poorer nations. Who said: “Of course, some will ask the inevitable question in these troubled times — how can we afford it? I would ask instead — how can we not afford it?”
a. President Barack Obama
b. former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
c. Singer Britney Spears
d. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
b. former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
500
Why are most successful microcredit borrowers women?
a. They are a better credit risk
b. They invest the income in the well-being of their family
c. The women themselves benefit from their improved social status in the family and community
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
500
For a girl in a poor country, every year of education beyond 3rd or 4th grade means her children will be ____ percent less likely to die of preventable causes (such as malnutrition or measles).
a. 1%
b. 10%
c. 50%
d. 75%
b. 10%
500
How much do Americans spend on weight loss products annually?
a. $25 million
b. $750 million
c. $25 billion
d. $40 billion
d. $40 billion
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