A monetary measure of the value of all final goods and services produced in a period (quarterly or yearly). This figure is useful when making economic comparisons between countries
This US program began under president John F. Kennedy and has sent over 220,000 volunteers abroad to assist communities with issues of health, education, and economic development in over 60 countries
What is the Peace Corps?
100
In democratic societies, this right is exercised to elect government officials
What is the right to vote?
100
In 2010, 14.687% of the adult (15 years & older) world population lacked this basic skill
K-State Alumnus Becky Carnes has her Master of Arts in sociology from K-State. Becky served as a Peace Corps volunteer and currently works as the representative for Peace Corps at K-State. What country did Becky work in during her time as a PCV?
What is Botswana, Africa
200
This crisis caused politicians and economists to see the downfall of laissez-faire economic policy
This organization strives to assist with economic development through providing families with living assets such as cows, pigs, and chickens, and more.
What is Heifer International
200
This epidemic is most prominent in Sub-Saharan Africa, affecting 24.7 million people and claiming about 5500 lives a day.
What are HIV and AIDs?
200
This Junction City alumnus was a 1996 recipient of the Truman Scholarship, currently works for the U.S. Mission to the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, D.C, and is married to Sylvia Diaz-Moore, an Afro-Paraguayan activist.
What is Shante Moore
300
These are three major economic bodies that act as important components of the UN system
What is World Bank, IMF (International Monetary Fund), and WTO (World Trade Organization)?
300
UNICEF is a United Nations program that gives humanitarian and developmental aid to children and mothers in developing countries. What does the acronym UNICEF stand for?
What is United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
300
This document proclaims the basic civil, political and economic rights to all human beings
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
300
This individual was recognized in 2014 as a Distinguished Young Alumni for her work as a planning and research coordinator for the DREAM Project in Dominican Republic.
What is Molly Hamm
400
SAPs were implemented to ensure loan repayment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank ad included cutting social spending, privatization and marketization. What does SAP stand for?
What is Structural Adjustment Program
400
In the past 10 years, the overall number of orphans worldwide has diminished, while the number of orphanage organizations has increased due to increased demands for the wealthy to volunteer. This phenomenon is often referred to as _____________.
Fact: In 2000, the United Nations set a series of time-sensitive goals know as the UN Millennium Development Goals. One of those goals was to halve the 24% of the world population lacking safe drinking water.
True or False: This goal (Then, only 11% of the world lacking access to clean water) was achieved in 2010--five years before the UN's target date.
_________is a Manhattan native and received her Bachelor of Arts from K-State in Sociology, Modern Languages, Spanish, and Women’s Studies in 2005. She has now started her own freelance international development consulting business named True Roots Consulting
What is Summer Lewis
500
Linear-stages theory, structural-change models, international-dependency revolution, and new growth theory are all theories of this
What is economic development
500
This organization provides early childhood education for more than 7,000 children through 14 different programs across 27 communities in the Dominican Republic. K-State Alumnus Molly Hamm currently serves as this organization's program coordinator in Dominican Republic.