QUIZ - AFRICA - SO RICH, BUT SO POOR

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QUIZ - AFRICA: SO RICH, BUT SO POOR

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1. What percentage of the world’s known minerals are in Africa?

a) 10% b) 30% c) 50%

2. Mineral and oil prices in the world have tripled in the last

a) year b) 5 years c) 10 years

3. In 2008, how much foreign investment came into Africa in 2008?

a) $62 million b) $162 million c) $662 million

4. About half of Africa’s population lives on less than

a) $1.25 per hour b) $1.25 per day c) $1.25 per week

5. In Zambia, about what percentage of people live on $1.25 per day?

a) 25% b) 50% c) 75%

6. What percentage of the people in Zambia do not have enough food?

a) 15% b) 27% c) 43%

7. How much money does Zambia lose every year because of people or companies not paying enough tax?

a) $200,000 b) $2 million c) $2 billion

8. How much money did South Africa lose between 1995 and 2006 because of tax avoidance?

a) $16 million b) $67 million c) $167 million

Now read this to check your answers and find out WHY? : *Africa: a continent of wealth, a continent of poverty