Helping Kids Worldwide Quiz

Why did 17 countries in Europe start using the same unit of money?
1. Because European countries were small so lots of people had to exchange money daily
2. Because they like the color gold.
3. The countries thought that the new unit would be easier to use for the population
4. They were tired of using their old currency.
There is a United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child. All but two countries have signed it, what are they?
1. Turkey and Germany
2. France and India
3. Turkey and Somalia
4. U.S.A. and Somalia
In India, if a family needs to borrow money they ask the employer, and if the employer lends them money the person's child may belong to the employer until the money is paid back. What's this called?
1. Hectored or bullied
2. Enslaved or bounded
3. Playing or working
4. Being bought
Today many children under the age of 18 are trained for warfare or are fighting in wars. About how many?
1. 2000
2. 5.7 million
3. None
4. 30,000,000
Who was the man who started the Salvation Army?
1. George Bush
2. George Washington
3. William Booth
4. Mother Teresa
How much water in the world is clean?
1. 7 drops
2. Less than 20%
3. More than 50%
4. 90%
Why are nations afraid to produce only the things they produce well?
1. Because their population will be unhappy.
2. Because they don't want to be too dependent on other countries in case they go to war with them.
3. Because they don't want to waste money on something that they can't produce.
4. Because they're afraid people will decide to move.
Whose idea was the Peace Corps?
1. Jonas Salk
2. John F. Kennedy
3. The police force
4. Fred Flintstone
What do taxes help pay for?
1. Police and fire departments
2. Parks and schools
3. Running the government
4. Trees
What is it called when stock values go up in a stock exchange?
1. Bull market
2. Bear market
3. Duck market
4. Sheep market
What are people who are forced to leave their country or leave because of fear called?
1. Cookies
2. Soldiers
3. Refugees
4. Immigrants
About how many kids are sold each year by their caretakers for money, food, or other things?
1. 200
2. 60,000
3. 700,000,000
4. 2,000,000
At what age are some children forced to fight in wars?
1. 15 years
2. 4 or five years
3. 21 years
4. 10 years
What does the word malnutrition mean?
1. You have healthy teeth.
2. You like music too much
3. You're not getting enough healthy food
4. You're not getting enough air.
What can help you plan to save your money?
1. A budget
2. An income
3. A salary
4. A piece of paper
How much of the world's chocolate supply do cocoa slaves make?
1. 2/3
2. 3/4
3. 1/2
4. None
When a refugee comes to a new country, where do they usually go?
1. Someone's house
2. A refugee camp
3. A prison
4. A school
In Afghanistan, girls were not aloud to go to school. What was there governments name when that happening?
1. Tallie
2. Barney
3. salochski
4. Taliban
In South Africa, what time do schools start and end?
1. 6:00am-10:30pm
2. 7:30am-5:30pm
3. 8:25am-3:25pm
4. 8:06am-4:01pm
If you don't have a home, what are you called?
1. A widow
2. There is no technical word.
3. A tenant
4. Homeless
What country's flag is the opposite of the flag used by the Red Cross?
1. America
2. France
3. Switzerland
4. Europe
What is a period of time with unemployment called?
1. A Depression
2. A Recession
3. A Boom
4. A Recovery
When the first US mint started making coins in 1793, what color were the "eagles" it produced?
1. Aluminum
2. Bronze
3. Silver
4. Gold
The International Labor Organization estimates that a lot of children between eleven and fourteen are working. About how many?
1. 7.9 million
2. 40,000,000
3. 250,000,000
4. 12
In what way does iodine help your body?
1. Promotes mental growth
2. Stops heart disease
3. Strengthens your bones
4. Improves you vision
This type of economy has little government control. What is the name of it?
1. Free enterprise
2. Free market
3. Command economy
4. World market
What types of economies has strong government control?
1. Free enterprise
2. Communistic
3. Command economy
4. Free economy
What country invented paper money?
1. America
2. China
3. United Kingdom
4. France
Who invented the polio vaccine?
1. Jonas Salk
2. Madam Curry
3. Ben Franklin
4. Dr. Spock
What is a savings account?
1. Where you keep your food
2. Where you keep your money
3. A place where you save your water
4. A place where you have parties
What does Fort Knox hold?
1. Food
2. Money
3. Gold
4. Your permanent record
Many organizations are working hard to keep children's rights protected. What are they?
1. UNICEF
2. A.S.P.S.A
3. Amnesty International
4. Save The Children