Poverty Jeopardy

What things should a human do to avoid poverty?

100

You just got fired from your job. What could you do to avoid poverty?

Find a replacement job, but it is not guaranteed to stop your money problems.

200

Let's say you quit school and get fired from your job. How do you pay your bills and buy materials to survive?

Become a part of your welfare programs set by the government to help you.

300

You have a job but it has little income.You are thinking of quitting because you have to care for your child and can't afford child care. What do you do?

Before quitting start looking for a job that has a better income so you can pay for child care.

400

You have $40 and you have 2 options of what to buy: a $35 video game or a $10 bowl of rice. Which should you buy?

you should choose the rice because you should always choose your needs before your wants no matter how tempting it is. We need to prevent poverty before it happens!

500

You don't have a very good job and you receive little income. What should you do if you can't pay for your bills and needs?

Start looking for a job with good income that you like and can easily pay for your basic needs. This will help you have a less likely chance of being in poverty.

What causes poverty?

100

Your house is destructed by a _____. You will have to find some sort of shelter but you can't afford a house or apartment. What caused the destruction?

A natural disaster.

200

A big _____ in your country starts and the replacments cost lots of money.What caused people to pay so much?

A war.

300

Imagine you are living in poverty, are 30 years old, and do not know how to read and write. These unfortunate events happened because you had a bad ________. What caused you to live in this way?

You had a bad education.

400

You are suffering from narcolepsy, a _______ that makes your sleep harder to control, and because of that you have missed 5 days of work in a row.You get fired and are now living in poverty. What caused you to miss work and get fired?

A disease.

500

Sometimes your ______ can cause poverty for you because you might have a low paying job and can barely pay for yourself let alone your _______ . Fill in the blank.

Your kids

What rights should people in poverty have?

100

A selfish man finds a man in poverty on the street that needs money. What would be the selfish man's most likely reaction?

He would not give the man in poverty any money.

200

A man drives past a Goodwill center in a truck that has stuff that he is planning to sell at a yard sale down the road. What would he do?

It depends on the man's personality. If he is generous, he might give them donations. If he is selfish, he will probably not.

300

A charity company is not getting as much donations as they used to. What is the most likely cause of this?

There are not as much people visting. This is due to less people willing to donate. People are keeping everything for themselves.

400

People in poverty should have the same basic rights as everyone else like...

The right to the freedom of speech, right to vote, have a religion, and more.

500

What is the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty doing to help people in poverty to have the same rights and respect as the people that are not in poverty?

They are making education laws, laws that protect renters, and laws that help women become independent (take charge and earn their own money).

How can poverty lead to bad decisions?

100

Say you have a full time job and every night you don't get home until 10:00. When you get home your worrying about all of the bills and payments. What is that called?

Job Stress

200

You are living in poverty and need to sleep, but you do not have a blanket. Will you sleep, or not?

Despite the fact that you don't have a blanket, you need to sleep.

300

You have very little money and he is selling canned food and water bottles. Is this a good idea?

yes, unless it is to expensive.

400

You have limited food and a blizzard hits. Will you save the food so you can survive?

Yes, because you might die if you use the food all at once.

500

You are living in poverty and you have enough money to buy either a water bottle or soda. What will you buy?

The water.

How have people adapted to live in poverty?

100

You're in poverty and your looking for clean water. You have a home but you can't pay for your utilities for water. You could.....

Go to a neighbor's house or friends to borrow water.

200

You can't afford food and you and your family are starving. What do you do to get the clean food?

You can dig through trash to scan for some eaten food it might be gross but it could be all you have. This is only one way to find food if your in bad poverty.

300

True of false every single person in poverty are homeless?

False. Some people that are in poverty still have a shelter.

400

Let's say that you cannot have any water because you can't afford it and do not have a home to supply it. How to get the water you need for your body.

Try going to a well and grabbing water from there.Or use the earth's rivers,lakes,and ponds to possibly salvage some clean water.

500

You're walking on the streets and you are in deep poverty meaning you do not have anything,no basic needs. It's getting dark and your really cold.What could you do to find warmth?

You can search around the city to find cloth left on benches. Used materials can be found all around.