SOCY2000 Social Issues. Fall 2012.
Third set of questions over lectures for the final exam
Questions from Lauren Little’s presentation on hunger, ppt_little_hunger
1. tf Hunger kills more people each year than AIDS, TB, and Malaria combined.
2. According to Little, about how many people in the world will go to bed hungry to night.
3. tf The majority of the world’s hungry are female.
4. About what fraction of Americans are food insecure? What fraction of Alabamians? How does Alabama compare with other states?
5. What are the food safety nets Little discussed within the US?
6. What is the new name for the food stamp program?
7. What symptoms besides hunger to hungry children tend to show?
8. tf There is not enough food in the world today to feed every person.
9. List five of the root causes of hunger Little listed.
10. What is the WFP? What is its parent organization?
11. What claims to be the world’s largest humanitarian aid agency?
12. List three of the five WFP objectives
13. What does it cost the WFP to feed a child in school in the developing world?
14. What university was the first chosen by the WFP to lead student-led efforts in the War on Hunger?
15. What is the Committee of 19 at Auburn? Are there exactly 19 people on the committee? Where did the name come from?
Questions from Millennium_Development_Goals
1. What is the target date/year for the UN Millennium Development Goals?
2. What are the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? IMPORTANT
3. There are goals and targets. What are the relationships among goals and targets?
4. The developed countries (like us) play an especially major role in which goal?
5. Have any of the targets already been met? Have all of them?
6. Has the proportion of people living on $1.25 per day gotten higher or has it gotten lower since 1990?
7. The proportion hungry has not been halved. Has it been reduced at all?
8. Goal three's targets are for women's equality in schools, employment, and parliaments? Which one has been met?
9. What is herd immunity? What does it have to do with any MFGs?
10. What disease are anti-retrovirals used for? Do all the people who need retrovirals have access to them?
11. What problem did the Montreal Protocol address? Was it a success?
12. tf One reason we were able to improve the lives of 100 million slum dwellers is because there are so many more slum dwellers than before.
13. What counts as Official Developmental Assistance?
14. Which country gives the most ODA?
15. Which of the OECD countries gives the highest percentage of its Gross National Income as ODA?
16. Is the US above or below the UN target for ODA?
Questions regarding Hans Rosling’s TED talk, New Insights on Poverty
Found on the internet at
The timings are approximate. You may find it helpful to turn on the English subtitles.
1. The mindset of developing and industrialized countries [that is, thinking that the world has two kinds of countries, developing and industrialized] is ______. 0:25
2. In terms of life expectancy and fertility rate, where most countries have been headed to high life expectancy and low fertility rate, the countries that were lagging behind seemed mostly to be from a. the Americas b. Europe c. East Asia d. Africa e. South Asia f. the Middle East 1:46
3. What does Swedish-born Rosling mean when he says he is the "Mexican in the family?" ~8:27
4. What incomes were illustrated on Dollar Street? ~10:35 $1, $2-3, $10-50
5. According to Rosling, when you are in poverty, everything is about ______. ~12:23
6. What was NOT one of the things Rosling suggested the African woman riding a bicycle taking goods to market had to be grateful for? A. a microloan for the bicycle b. health for her child so the woman would not have to stay home with him c. a paved road to ride on d. education so she would not be cheated at the market e. information about when to go to market f. a husband ~13:15
7. How does Rosling seem to feel Africa has done in the past 50 years? What period in European history does he compare the Africa of 50 years ago to? ~13:59
8. In the YouTube video that we saw, which part of the world does Rosling argue has done the best in the past 50 years? a. Subsaharan Africa b. South America c. East and South Asia d. Western Europe e. North America ~13:59
9. Rosling's neighbor knows 200 types of wine. What does Rosling know 200 of? What does this help him do? ~14:30
10. What does Rosling argue is most important as a means for development? ~15:00
11. What does Rosling argue is most important as a goal for development? ~16:00
12. In the YouTube video that we saw about Dollar Street, among other things, what does Rosling say is his main message? ~16:50
13. The dramatic ending of Rosling's talk was intended to illustrate a. modernization b. culture c. the bayonet of the Swedish army d. the failures of development e. the ability of Swedish traditions to persist in the new age 17:15 What else was he trying to illustrate with this ending [hint: his main message]? What was the ending? [Many of you were looking away, I noticed as I looked away, but I imagine you knew what was going on.]
14. Among categories of TED Talks, this one is listed in the "Jaw-Dropping" category. Would you agree that it belongs there? [A: Yes]
More Rosling
1. What appliance so thrilled Hans Rosling's mother and grandmother when he was a child? Do most women in the world today have one? How many people do? Does he think that most women, even those without one, would like one? What global problem does Rosling see 50 years down the road if access to this appliance expands? Does he think we should try to limit access to the appliance?
2. The Brazilian Minister of Energy brought electricity to the slums. What was her next job? (She still has it.)