“Feeding the People of the World” test question bank

What is the main reason starving people die?

• Underfed people lose resistance to diseases that normally do not threaten the lives of well-nourished people

• Underfed people usually gain weight which is dangerous to the body

• Underfed people lose the desire to live and suicides are very common

• Underfed people die of exhaustion

Why do people go hungry?

• Many people are overweight and have chosen to follow a keto diet.

• Food production is not increasing as fast as the human population is

• Food is being hoarded by the countries that produce the food.

• The military powers of foreign governments use starvation to weaken the people so they will be too weak to stop their military take over.

How does Trucking and Railroad lines contribute to starvation?

• Transportation can be a problem when economic and political troubles cause trucking and railroad lines to break down. Donated food may not reach the people needing i

• Availability of food can be a problem. If the food does not come in from the countries donating it, it can’t be transported.

• The truckiing and railroad lines pick and choose which community receives the donated food.

• Trucking and Railways have specific unloading spots. The distribution areas for the food are too far away for the people to get too.

A food shortage so wide-spread that it causes malnutrition in many people

• Famine

• Drought

• Plague

• Monsoon

The introduction of new grains and new farming techniques were introduced in Asian and Latin American countries between 1950 and 1970. What was this called?

• The Green Tree Project

• The Ray of Hope Project

• The Green Revolution

• The Green, Green Grass of Home Project

Those who grow food just to feed their family

• A Man of Constant Sorrow

• A Subsistence Farmer

• A Community Provider

• A Green Revolutionist

What problems did the Subsistence Farmer have with the green revolution?

• The use of large amounts of pesticides and fertilizers pollutes the environment

• The Green Revolution fighers contantly raided the private farms and stole the food from the subsistence farmer.

• The Subsistence farmer did not have the right kinds of fertilizers, pesticides, or irrigation water necessary for new varieties of grains that were available through the green revolution.

• The Subsistence farmer were very set in their ways and were unwilling to trust modern technology.

What is ARABLE LAND

• Fertile land that can be plowed to grow crops

• Land that is designated for commercial use like building cities.

• Arable land has been so polluted that some soil is not usable for farming

• Arable land is desert land created by Deforestation and Over grazing

Soil that can support the rapid growth of healthy plants.

• Fertile Soil

• Top Soil

• Bedrock

• Arid Soil

The loose surface layer of soil

• Top Soil

• Limnetic zone

• Erosional participant Soil

• Migratory Soil

• Primal Soil