Deck 28: World Food Needs

Question 1

One word explains hunger - _____.

A)indolence
B)poverty
C)ignorance
D)carelessness

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The Food and Agriculture Organization (​FAO)acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

_____ means a person does not get enough food to have a healthy life.

A)Malnutrition
B)Undernutrition
C)Famine
D)Starvation

Answer 3

B

Question 4

_____ people around the world are hungry.

A)Approximately 805 million
B)Roughly 500 thousand
C)Nearly 250 million
D)Almost 900 thousand

Question 5

Populations growing too large is a leading cause of hunger.

Question 6

If the food produced in the world could be divided so that everyone would get the same amount,_____.

A)the world's population would be short about 30% of their necessary daily calories
B)the world's population would be short about 28% of their necessary daily calories
C)some 10% of food produced would be left over
D)some 25% of food produced would be left over

Question 7

Biotechnology contributes to genetic improvements in cereal,root crops,vegetables,and industrial crops as well as to animal health.

Question 8

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)of the United Nations created a_____-step plan against hunger,which provides some starting points to a very complex problem.

A)two
B)four
C)ten
D)seven

Question 9

Harmful seasonal variations and midyear instability of food supplies can be reduced.

Question 10

_____ combines biological and crop-management practices to develop cost-effective controls with reduced dependence on pesticides.

A)Conversion pesticide control
B)Integrated pest management
C)Organic protocol
D)Pest adaption

Question 11

Approximately 1 of 5 people around the world suffers from chronic undernourishment.

Question 12

Currently,there is not enough food produced to feed everyone in the world.

Question 13

With regard to hunger,total world population is more important than where people live.

Question 14

Eradicating poverty is essential to improving access to food.

Question 15

Most of those who are undernourished _____.

A)are too lazy to work
B)have mental illness and/or are homeless
C)refuse international food aid that is offered to them
D)cannot produce or cannot afford to buy enough food

Question 16

If all the world's undernourished people were gathered in one place,their population would be greater than every continent except Asia.

Question 17

_____ exists when all peoples at all times have access to sufficient,safe,and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for active and healthy lives.

A)Wealth
B)Food excess
C)Food security
D)Opulence

Question 18

The 7.3 billion people in the world today have,on average,_____ food per person than the global population of 4 billion people had 30 years ago.

A)15% more
B)15% less
C)about the same amount of
D)significantly less

Question 19

The term famine can be used to describe a highly limited diet.

Question 20

An estimated _____ of American households were food insecure at least some time during 2013.

A)14.3%
B)7.8%
C)18.4%
D)20.7%