MLK
SERVICE
FOOD SCARCITY
Service Vocab
Community Vocab
100

When is MLK's Birthday?

January 15,1929 (Not MLK Day)

100

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Everybody can be great, because everybody can ______.”

What is serve?

100

When people do not have enough food to eat regularly, leaving them at risk of hunger, this is called _________.

What is food scarcity?

100

Working with others in a group to complete a project, like planning a food drive, is called this.

What is teamwork or collaboration?

100

Things that make it harder for families to get enough food, like store hours, transportation, or limited money, are called these.

What are obstacles or barriers?

200

Martin Luther King Jr. is best known for leading this type of movement in the 1950s and 1960s.

What is the Civil Rights Movement?

200

This word means the positive effect or change that your actions have on others or your community.

What is impact?

200

This can happen when there is not enough food stored, grown, or available for the people who need it.

What is a food shortage?

200

Sharing information to get others involved in a project or cause is called this.

What is outreach?

200

The positive effect or change that your actions, like running a food drive, have on others is called this.

What is impact?

300

Martin Luther King Jr. believed in achieving social change through this method

What is nonviolent protest or civil disobedience?

300

These are organized ways communities provide help to those in need, like food drives, shelters, or tutoring programs.

What are service programs or assistance programs?

300

Families might face food scarcity if they cannot afford to buy groceries. This is called a lack of ______.

What is income or money?

300

As you grow up up, you take on different ______, like becoming a big sibling, a student, an employee, an entrepreneur, etc?

What are roles or identities?

300

The ability to move to a store, food pantry, or other location to get resources is called this.

What is transportation?

400

MLK's Birth name.

He was actually born Michael King Jr. in rural Georgia in 1929. He adopted the name Martin Luther later as an homage to the German father of the Protestant Reformation and the Lutheran religion.

400

Some people work everyday doing public service work, including government, nonprofit, educators, police, firefighters, paramedics, healthcare, and social work. In early January 2026, U.S. forces launched a military operation code-named Operation Absolute Resolve, resulting in the capture of a nations highest official of public service. Name the person and the country he comes from.

Who is Nicolás Maduro/Venezuela?

400

When food is not distributed fairly, so some people have plenty while others have very little, this happens.

What is inequity or unequal access?

400

Organizations and programs that provide free or low-cost food to people in need are examples of this kind of support.

What is food assistance or food aid?

400

The ability to get or use something, like food or resources, is called this.

What is access?

500

At what age did MLK start College?

In 1948, just 15 years after his birth, Martin Luther King Jr. won an essay contest with a piece titled “The Negro and the Constitution.” That same year, he graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and was admitted to the historically black university, Morehouse College. 


500

MLK has always been known for his nonviolent protests. Protests in late December 2025 over economic hardship have continued into January 2026 in this Middle Eastern country, with internet blackouts and thousands of arrests reported.

What is Iran?

500

This kind of card/government assistance provides funds for low-income individuals and families to buy eligible food items at authorized stores


What is an EBT card or SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits?

500

When you have a limited amount of money to achieve something, so you organize and plan with what you have.

What is a budgeting?

500

Planning who does what, how donations are tracked, and how to reach people helped your group run the food drive smoothly. This shows why this is important.

What is an action plan?