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Chapter 20 – Hunger and the Global Environment
An. Page(s)/difficulty K = knowledge-level, A = application level
Multiple Choice
Questions for Section 20.1 Hunger in the United States
a. insecurity.
b. insufficiency.
c. vulnerability.
d. precariousness.
the rent and utilities and provide food and medical necessities for the children. Melissa
does not often eat three meals a day and worries about how and where she will get the
next meal for herself. Melissa is experiencing which of the following?
a. Food insufficiency
b. Food mismanagement
c. Non-sustainable lifestyle
d. Misallocation of resources
developed countries?
a. Poverty
b. High cost of food
c. Excessive food waste
d. Lack of nutrition education
a. 1/20
b. 1/8
c. 1/4
d. 1/3
a. Hunger and obesity may exist in the same household
b. The highest rates of obesity occur among the poorest
c. The provision of food to the poor actually helps to prevent obesity
d. The poor prefer to purchase energy-dense foods despite their higher cost compared
with vegetables
a. 2
b. 5
c. 10
d. 20
a. 1/25
b. 1/15
c. 1/5
d. 1/3
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children, infants, and pregnant women?
a. FAP
b. WIC
c. EAT
d. MOW
of the following would not be a part of your proposal to the church board of directors?
a. Collect prepared foods from commercial kitchens
b. Salvage perishable items from wholesalers and markets
c. Gather crops from fields that either have already been harvested or are not profitable
to harvest
d. Collect applications for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to provide
for any member or non-member of the church requesting assistance
a. WIC
b. EAT
c. National Food Resource Program
d. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
a. $10
b. $35
c. $100
d. $145
a. soap.
b. seeds.
c. cereal.
d. cola beverages.
Nutrition Assistance Program?
a. 1
b. 5
c. 13
d. 28
a. Feeding America
b. Goodwill Food Assistance
c. Salvation Army Ready-to-Eat Meals
d. Food Salvage and Rescue Organization
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Questions for Section 20.2 World Hunger
letter to the editor about world hunger. In it, the author takes issue with a statement made
in a previous issue that stated, “…and thus, hunger worsens poverty….” The letter writer
claims that this statement is completely unfounded and has no reasoning behind it. Does
hunger worsen poverty?
a. Yes, but it can be corrected with appropriate access to reproductive health care
b. No; if hungry people work hard enough they can work to get themselves out of
poverty
c. Yes, it propagates poverty by increasing the death rate and leaving many families as
single-parent households
d. Yes, hunger makes poverty worse by robbing a person of the good health and the
physical and mental energy needed to be active and productive
as
a. a plague.
b. a famine.
c. food poverty.
d. food insecurity.
a. $1.08
b. $3.75
c. $5.15
d. $10.00
a. India.
b. China.
c. Africa.
d. Ireland.
Organization (WHO), you propose supplementing the diets of malnourished populations
worldwide with nutrients that would markedly improve health and well-being. Which of
the following nutrients is least likely to be lacking?
a. Iron
b. Iodine
c. Vitamin A
d. Vitamin D
except
a. iron.
b. iodine.
c. protein.
d. vitamin A.
a. 1/10
b. 1/6
c. 1/3
d. 1/2
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a 691(A) 22. In an effort to reduce morbidity and mortality, which of the following would be a first
course of action for a Peace Corps volunteer to correct the prevalence of diarrhea in a
small village where she is working?
a. Implementing oral rehydration therapy for those who are dehydrated
b. Implementing oral refeeding therapy for those who are malnourished
c. Ensuring there is enough fortified rice for all the women and children
d. Distributing as many medications to the village people as she can obtain
malnutrition-related causes?
a. 50,000
b. 500,000
c. 1.2 million
d. 5.6 million
a. cholera.
b. diabetes.
c. dysentery.
d. whooping cough.
common to children suffering from diseases of poverty?
a. Oral rehydration therapy
b. Ozone purified waste water
c. Protein-energy repletion formula
d. Charcoal-filtered water and corn starch
Questions for Section 20.3 Poverty and Overpopulation
a. The number of tons of edible food that can be produced by all of the earth’s
cultivable land
b. The maximum number of living organisms that can be supported in an environment
over time
c. The amount of oxygen consumed by all living organisms in relation to the amount of
oxygen produced by all living plants
d. The total weight of all living organisms in relation to the weight of all non-living
material including the earth’s water mass
a. 0.5 million
b. 12 million
c. 50 million
d. 70 million
children?
a. Birth control expenses are prohibitive
b. Only a small percentage of the children may survive to adulthood
c. The low educational level of adults limits their understanding of family planning
d. The parents seek greater fulfillment through having more children since there are
few other interests in their lives
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growth?
a. Birth rates
b. Death rates
c. Standard of living
d. Scientific knowledge
a. birth rates.
b. death rates.
c. ozone depletion.
d. standards of living.
and population growth?
a. As economic status improves, population growth rises
b. As economic status improves, population growth diminishes
c. Lack of natural resources rather than poverty is the most important contributor to
overpopulation
d. Over the last decade the increase in the world’s food output has been greater than the
increase in the world’s population
Questions for Section 20.4 The Global Environment
population, approximately how many kcalories per day would be available to each
person?
a. 650
b. 1000
c. 1450
d. 2720
a. oil.
b. coal.
c. solar.
d. natural gas.
a. They promote protection of soil and water
b. They frequently lead to higher crop prices
c. They are designed to benefit mostly small family farms
d. They tend to support the use of pesticides and fertilizers
a. it pollutes the water and air.
b. it often injures more than just weeds.
c. it usually is safe for farmers to practice.
d. it encourages evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds.
a. It makes the soil more porous
b. It helps preserve the water supply
c. It contributes to soil preservation
d. It increases the salt content in the soil
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a. A seaweed growth system
b. The practice of fish farming
c. A water purification system
d. The raising of plants in a water environment
a. Rice
b. Corn
c. Wheat
d. Sorghum
and chemicals?
a. Integrated production
b. Progressive agriculture
c. Sustainable agriculture
d. Resource management production
Questions for Section 20.5 Environmentally Friendly Food Choices
a. 1
b. 33
c. 50
d. 75
a. The iron content is higher
b. The nutrients are more stable and less prone to oxidation
c. The fat content is lower and the fat has more omega–3 fatty acids
d. There is a greater variety of phytonutrients, especially those that reduce risk of heart
disease and cancer
produce most animal foods in comparison to grains?
a. 100
b. 200
c. 450
d. 1000
a. About the same
b. One-half as much
c. 5 times as much
d. 10 times as much
a. 25
b. 100
c. 750
d. 1500
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Matching
R 686 01. Intermittent hunger caused by lack of money
O 686 02. The primary cause of hunger
Q 688 03. USDA program aimed at preventing or remediating domestic malnutrition and hunger for
the poor
S 688 04. Name of the largest national food recovery program
E 689 05. Approximate number, in billions, of people in the world
K 689 06. Extreme scarcity of food
A 689 07. Approximate amount, in $/day, of the international poverty line for individuals
T 691 08. Treatment for diarrhea-related dehydration
D 691 09. Percent of the world’s population with iron-deficiency anemia
F 691 10. Number of children, in millions, under age 5 with vitamin A deficiency
H 693 11. Percentage of people added to the world’s population who are born into poverty
J 694 12. Coal belongs to this type of fuel
L 694 13. Produced in large quantities by cows
M 694 14. This source of water for crops increases the salinity of the soil
N 694 15. Type of water pollution caused by runoff
B 694 16. Number of pounds of grain needed to produce one pound of animal weight gain
C 694 17. Percentage of energy used in the U.S. that is consumed by the food industry
G 695 18. Approximate number of cultivated crops in the world today
P 695 19. Term that describes using resources at a replaceable rate with no net accumulation of
pollution
I 701 20. Number of miles, on average, a food item is transported before it is eaten
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Essay
Page(s)
686 01. How is food insecurity identified in U.S. households and how is it categorized?
686 02. Define the subcategories of food security and food insecurity.
686–687 03. List and discuss the causes of hunger in the United States. What population groups
are most vulnerable?
687 04. What is the hunger-obesity paradox?
688 05. Describe government programs that aid the hungry in the United States.
688 06. List and explain four common methods of food recovery.
688 07. Explain how the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program works.
688 08. List reasons for the lack of qualified people to self-enroll in federal food assistance
programs.
689 09. List ways that consumers can plan healthy, thrifty meals.
691–692 10. Discuss how overpopulation is related to the world hunger problem.
693–695 11. Describe four ways in which major improvements could be made in worldwide
environmental problems.
693–695 12. Discuss five environmental problems that limit food production.
694 13. What is meant by nonpoint water pollution?
695 14. What is meant by biodiversity and how does it affect world food production?
695–696 15. Give five examples each of cultivation practices used in sustainable and
nonsustainable agriculture.
700–701 16. Compare and contrast the requirements for production of animal foods versus plant
foods.
701–702 17. What are the disadvantages of consuming food that was grown far away?
701–702 18. Discuss the advantages of obtaining foods grown locally versus globally.
703 19. List 8 environmentally friendly food-related choices that involve food shopping,
gardening, cooking food, use of kitchen appliances, and cleanup/waste disposal.