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According to the United States Department of Agriculture, _____ are defined as "parts of the country vapid of fresh fruit, vegetables, and other healthful whole foods, usually found in impoverished areas."
a. food deserts
b. food rivers
c. food mountains
a. Food deserts
People of color are ____ impacted by hunger, poor food access, and diet-related illness.
a. most severely
b. least severely
c. not at all
a. most severely
With colonization came European forms of agriculture, which increased ____, soil degradation, and soil erosion.
a. rain
b. deforestation
c. controlled burns
b. deforestation
The 1830 Indian Removal Act removed ___ people from their inherited land.
a. indigenous
b. white
c. immigrant
a. indigenous
True or false: Community gardens are one way low-income communities to grow their own fresh, local, and healthy food.
True
Watch the video and answer the prompt:https://youtu.be/YrHIQIO_bdQ
How has redlining contributed to food injustice?
a. Redlining makes healthy food available in black and brown communities.
b. Redlining prevented groceries from investing and placing their stores in black and brown communities.
b. Redlining prevented groceries from investing and placing their stores in black and brown communities.
____ and ___ influence the production and distribution of food.
a. Height; hair color
b. Siblings; parents
c. Race; class
c. Race; class
Mass production harms both community health and the climate by contributing to ____ and noxious fumes.
a. pollination
b. procrastination
c. pollution
c. pollution
After slavery, many former slaves and their descendants were forced into ____ due to discrimination perpetuated by Jim Crow laws.
a. living underground
b. architecture
c. sharecropping
c. sharecropping
True or false: Giving minority communities ownership of land is one manner of supporting food justice.
True
Watch the video and answer the prompt: https://youtu.be/506RxKm208w
Food apartheid is a systemic problem because
a. business owners place grocery stores where people are likely to buy and afford their products.
b. Business owners are willing to educate consumers and place grocery stores within short travel distances.
Food apartheid is a systemic problem because
a. business owners place grocery stores where people are likely to buy and afford their products.
Areas with a majority of low-income residents have roughly ___ of the number of supermarkets as areas with wealthy residents.
a. half
b. 10%
c. a quarter
a. half
Watch the video and answer the prompt: https://youtu.be/dREtXUij6_c
Both environmental justice and food justice are impacted by factors such as _________.
a. height, weight, and hair color
b. race, wealth, and height.
c. race, wealth, and language.
c. race, wealth, and language.
The US Army supported efforts to exterminate the buffalo in an effort to starve Native Americans into submission. Land taken from ___ were redistributed to ___ through measures like the Homestead Act.
a. settlers; natives
b. natives; settlers
b. natives, settlers
In the 1960s, the ___________, which fought for black self-determination, ran a free breakfast program to 20,000 children in 19 cities.
a. White Tiger Party
b. Yellow Lion Party
c. Black Panther Party
c. Black Panther Party
SNAP (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program) offers assistance to low-income families who need financial support to feed themselves. However, eligibility is restricted to some in need, such as people convicted of ____ and ____ immigrants.
a. lying; German
b. felonies; undocumented
c. jaywalking; short
b. felonies; undocumented
Racism and sexism by the U.S. _______ made it harder to black, Hispanic, indigenous, and women farmers to access the resources and support for smaller farms.
a. Department of Education
b. Department of Agriculture
c. Department of Labor
b. Department of Agriculture
Two examples of environmental injustices are ______ and ____ in poor communities.
a. pollution; water contamination
b. sunlight; mold
a. pollution; water contamination
During the ______, Black Southerners fled racial intimidation and terror and moved to Northern states. This contributed to decreased black farm ownership.
a. Great Migration
b. Holocaust
c. LA Riots
a. Great Migration
To fight for change in our food system, the BEST option the following is to ______.
a. steal food from the wealthy to give to the poor.
b. grow your own food.
c. sell your old toys.
b. grow your own food.