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'''QUIZ - AFRICA: SO RICH, BUT SO POOR'''
 
'''QUIZ - AFRICA: SO RICH, BUT SO POOR'''
  
1. What percentage of the world’s known minerals are in Africa?   
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'''1. What percentage of the world’s known minerals are in Africa?'''    
  
''a)10%      b) 30%    c) 50%''
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''a) 10%      b) 30%    c) 50%''
  
2. Mineral and oil prices in the world have tripled in the last       
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'''2. Mineral and oil prices in the world have tripled in the last'''      
  
''a)year      b)  5 years    c) 10 years''
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''a) year      b)  5 years    c) 10 years''
  
3. In 2008, how much foreign investment came into Africa in 2008?     
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'''3. In 2008, how much foreign investment came into Africa in 2008?'''    
  
''a) $62 million    b) $162 million  c) $662 million''
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''a) $62 million    b) $162 million  c) $662 million''
  
4. About half of Africa’s population lives on less than
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'''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''
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''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%''
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'''5.  In Zambia, about what percentage of people live on $1.25 per day?'''
  
6. What percentage of the people in Zambia do not have enough food?
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''a) 25%    b) 50%  c) 75%''
  
  ''a)15%    b) 27%    c) 43%''
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'''6. What percentage of the people in Zambia do not have enough food?'''
  
7.  How much money does Zambia lose every year because of people or companies not paying enough tax?
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''a) 15%    b) 27%    c) 43%''
  
''a)$200,000    b) $2 million  c) $2 billion''
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'''7. How much money does Zambia lose every year because of people or companies not paying enough tax?'''
  
8. How much money did South Africa lose between 1995 and 2006 because of tax avoidance?
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''a) $200,000    b) $2 million  c) $2 billion''
  
  ''a) $16 million    b) $67 million  c) $167 million''
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'''8. How much money did South Africa lose between 1995 and 2006 because of tax avoidance?'''
  
http://www.newint.org/blog/2015/06/24/24.06.15-africa-mining-590x393.jpg
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''a) $16 million    b) $67 million  c) $167 million''
  
'''Now read this to check your answers: *[[Africa: a continent of wealth, a continent of poverty]]
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'''Now read this to check your answers and find out WHY? : *[[Africa: a continent of wealth, a continent of poverty]]

Latest revision as of 16:52, 30 June 2015

QUIZ - AFRICA: SO RICH, BUT SO POOR

24.06.15-africa-mining-590x393.jpg

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