QUESTION 1

Redistribution cannot help countries where

1. the rich are too stubborn
2. average incomes are too low
3. constitution forbids changes in the system
4. expectations are too low

QUESTION 2

The US government first started defining poverty in:

1. 1900
2. 1933
3. 1963
4. 1983
5. 2008

QUESTION 3

Those pushing growth over redistribution argue:

1. rich countries don't want to help
2. identifying poverty is difficult
3. redistribution creates animosity
4. not enough wealth exits to off-set current poverty,hence growth is the only solution

QUESTION 4

A person in the rich world could be interested in fighting global poverty because all of the following except:

1. world peace
2. humanitarianism
3. international trade
4. English as the world language

QUESTION 5

JFK said "a rising tide lifts all boats" which means:

1. boating is the biggest industry
2. global warming is a threat
3. growing incomes among rich inevitablyspread to the poor
4. the poor can find work on yachts

QUESTION 6

_ gives away the biggest share of its output.

1. US
2. Norway
3. Italy
4. Japan

QUESTION 7

Which country shares wealth the worst?

1. Germany
2. Japan
3. South Africa
4. Sweden

QUESTION 8

Poverty outside the US often means:

1. hunger
2. homelessness
3. disease
4. no education
5. all of the above

QUESTION 9

Access to education is a problem for the:

1. women
2. poor
3. rural
4. all of the above

QUESTION 10

The industry that first must be improved to lift a poor country from poverty is:

1. aero-space
2. computer
3. auto
4. farming

QUESTION 11

"in-kind"transfers is when assistance is limited to a particular:

1. season
2. group
3. holiday
4. product

QUESTION 12

In 2010_%of US families were poor.

1. 5
2. 15
3. 50
4. 75
5. 95

QUESTION 13

A country cannot industrialize if workers are trapped:

1. abroad
2. in prisons
3. at home
4. on farms

QUESTION 14

Redistribution can be effective while leaving private property unaffected if government focuses its efforts on all these except:

1. education
2. hospitals
3. infrastucture
4. the military

QUESTION 15

Poverty outside the US often falls along the lines of all these except:

1. religious
2. caste
3. zodiac signs
4. ethnic

QUESTION 16

Struggling economies can enhance finance by improving all these except:

1. banking facilities
2. capital market transparency
3. savings incentives
4. education
5. marriage rates

QUESTION 17

_% of Americans live in severe poverty.

1. 0
2. 5
3. 10
4. 15

QUESTION 18

Microfinanceis making loans:

1. at or near 0%
2. to small business
3. for days,not years
4. with lender access to "micro manage"theborrower

QUESTION 19

The US government provides in-kind assistance for:

1. jewelry
2. tarvel
3. food
4. furniture

QUESTION 20

Redistribution presents risks in all the following except:

1. redistribution can become corrupt
2. incentive to succeedis lost
3. inflation
4. redistributed resources will be mis-managed
5. the poor will miss their old traditions