North/South Divide + NGOs

Question 1

What is the North/South divide?

Answer 1

World divided into 2 parts based on economic development

Question 2

Describe the North in the North/South divide.

Answer 2

• North (economically developed): 25% of pop (1.95B) consuming 75% of world’s resources
• Consists of areas with high living standards

Question 3

Which countries make up the North in the North/South divide?

Answer 3

North America, West/North Europe, Australia, North Asia

Question 4

Describe the South in the North/South divide.

Answer 4

• South (economically developing): 75% of pop (5.85B) consuming 25% of world’s resources
• Some countries are very poor (Somalia, Bangladesh) while others are less so (Peru, Bolivia)
• “Third world countries”

Question 5

What is relative poverty?

Answer 5

Poor compared to others living in the same country

Question 6

What is absolute poverty? How many live like this?

Answer 6

• No access to basic necessities

- 734mil people

Question 7

What are the 5 factors causing homelessness? How many people are homeless?

Answer 7

• 154mil people
  1. High level of malnutrition
  2. Low level of education
  3. High level of illness and disease
  4. High infant mortality rate
  5. Low life expectancy

Question 8

True or false: 690mil people starve every day

Answer 8

True

Question 9

True or false: 75% of people living in rich countries try to make a living out of agriculture

Answer 9

False, poor countries

Question 10

How many people are illiterate?

Answer 10

> 775mil people

Question 11

How many people do not have access to clean drinking water?

Answer 11

> 790mil people

Question 12

True or false: there are 1.8bil people without adequate sanitation

Answer 12

True

Question 13

How often does a child in a developing country get sick?

Answer 13

Every 3 weeks

Question 14

True or false: 3 million children under 10 die of malnutrition every year

Answer 14

False, under age 5

Question 15

What is the life expectancy in Canada and Sierra Leone?

Answer 15

• Canada men 80, women 84

- Sierra Leone men 53, women 55

Question 16

What are NGOs?

Answer 16

• Non-gov’t organization
• Ran by volunteering citizens defending a cause in the public’s interest
• Act independently of gov’t, don’t make profit
• Some are national (work in one country) while others are international (work in many different countries)

Question 17

What fields do NGOs work in?

Answer 17

Health, environment, humanitarian, economics

Question 18

List two economic/political NGOs

Answer 18

• Transparency International (TI)

- Association of Taxation of Financial Transactions to Aid Citizens (ATTAC)

Question 19

List 4 humanitarian NGOs

Answer 19

• Amnesty International
• Reporters without Borders
• Human Rights Watch
• World Organization Against Torture

Question 20

List 2 environmental NGOs

Answer 20

• Greenpeace

- World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Question 21

What are the roles of NGOs?

Answer 21

• Devote their efforts to international developments
• Reduce disparity in world’s distribution of wealth
• Promote social justice

Question 22

List 4 ways NGOs take action

Answer 22

• Info, protests, mobilization campaigns: public informed through use of ads, petitions, boycotts, forums, annual reports
• Inform public authorities: pressure gov’ts to get them involved
• Fundraise: $$$ used to provide humanitarian aid in emergencies and implement development projects
• Projects: Help needy populations based on expertise from each NGO and countries’ needs