Chapter 20 – Hunger and the Global Environment

Chapter 20 – Hunger and the Global Environment

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. Approximately what percentage of the world’s population experiences persistent hunger?

a.	4
b.	8
c.	12
d.	16
e.	20

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Bloom’s: Remember

REF:   20.1 Hunger in the United States

OBJ: UNUT.WHRO.16.20.1 Identify some reasons why hunger is present in a country as wealthy as the United States.

 

2. Limited or doubtful availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods is termed food

a.	insecurity.
b.	insufficiency.
c.	vulnerability.
d.	precariousness.
e.	inadequacy.

 

 

ANS:  A                    DIF:    Bloom’s: Remember

REF:   20.1 Hunger in the United States

OBJ: UNUT.WHRO.16.20.1 Identify some reasons why hunger is present in a country as wealthy as the United States.

 

3. Melissa works two jobs to support her three children. Her financial priorities are to pay the rent and utilities and provide food and medical necessities for the children. Melissa rarely eats three meals a day and worries about how and where she will get the next meal for herself and her children. Melissa is experiencing which of the following?

a.	Food insufficiency
b.	Food mismanagement
c.	Non-sustainable lifestyle
d.	Misallocation of resources
e.	Very low food security

 

 

ANS:  E                    DIF:    Bloom’s: Apply

REF:   20.1 Hunger in the United States

OBJ: UNUT.WHRO.16.20.1 Identify some reasons why hunger is present in a country as wealthy as the United States.

 

4. Which of the following is the primary cause for hunger in the United States and in less developed countries?

a.	Poverty
b.	High cost of food
c.	Excessive food waste
d.	Lack of nutrition education
e.	Lack of physical access to food

 

 

ANS:  A                    DIF:    Bloom’s: Remember

REF:   20.1 Hunger in the United States | 20.2 World Hunger

OBJ: UNUT.WHRO.16.20.1 Identify some reasons why hunger is present in a country as wealthy as the United States.|20.2 Identify some reasons why hunger is present in the developing countries of the world.

 

5. How many people in the United States live in poverty?

a.	19 million
b.	29 million
c.	39 million
d.	49 million
e.	59 million

 

 

ANS:  D                    DIF:    Bloom’s: Remember

REF:   20.1 Hunger in the United States

OBJ: UNUT.WHRO.16.20.1 Identify some reasons why hunger is present in a country as wealthy as the United States.