Millennium Promise: Survey - Millennium Promise Know Your MDGs Quiz

Millennium Promise Know Your MDGs Quiz

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UN Millennium Project Site
MDGs and Targets
MDG Indicators
Millennium Villages site

*1.

What is the target date for the Millennium Development Goals?
2000
2015
2050
2100

*2.

How many countries made the promise to commit to the Millennium Development Goals in the 2000 summit?
8
18
189
195

*3.

Who is the current Secretary General of the United Nations?
Ban Ki Moon
Kofi Annan
Bill Clinton
Bono

*4.

What fraction of the world's population lives in extreme poverty?
1/2
1/6
1/10
1/100

*5.

Which region has the heaviest tropical disease burden?
Northern Europe
Tropical Africa
Northern America
Australia

*6.

Which of these is NOT a specific MDG target?
Reduce the number of people living in tropical regions
Reduce by two thirds the mortality rate among children under five
Reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water
Help provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries

*7.

Which of the following is an MDG indicator?
Anti-depressant prevalence rate
Prevalence of Olympic medals for a country
Contraceptive prevalence rate
Prevalence of tropical fish tanks

*8.

Which of the following countries has lived up to its promise of spending 0.7% of its Gross National Product on Official Development Assistance?
USA
Norway
Spain
Germany

*9.

Which of the following is NOT an intervention implemented by the Millennium Village Project to achieve Goal 1 (Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger):
Providing fertilizer and improved seed
Teaching agricultural and agro-forestry techniques
Free, daily school lunches using locally produced food
Donating a fish for each villager every day

*10.

Which of these interventions is NOT proven to reduce the burden of malaria?
Providing insecticide treated bednets to all sleeping sites
Intermittent treatment of pregnant women
Isolating malaria patients from the rest of the community
Identification and destruction of mosquito breeding sites

*11.

Which does the US government spend the most of its annual budget on?
Military spending
International Development and Humanitarian Relief
International Security
Diplomacy

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