Child labour quiz

1. Child labour quiz

2. 1 – How many children around the world between 5 and 17 are child labourers? • 150 million • 200 million • 218 million

3. 2 – How many children are doing dangerous work that puts them at risk? • 57 million • 75 million • 126 million

4. 3 – How many children under 16 are there in the UK? • 12 million • 15 million • 20 million

5. 4 – How has the number of child labourers changed in the last 4 years? • Dropped by 28 million • Risen by 4 million • Risen by 28 million

6. 5 – In which area do over half of the worlds child labourers live? • Africa • Asia • South America

7. 6 – Nearly 7 out of 10 child labourers do one type of work, what is it? • Agricultural (farming) • Making beedies • Services (maid)

8. 7 – In the UK, the minimum age at which you can get a paid job is: • 14 • 16 • 18

9. 8 – Parents who send their young children out to work are: • Cruel • Desperate • Unaware that it is harmful

10. 9 – How can you be sure that the chocolate you buy is not produced by child labour? • Buy fair trade • Buy organic • Buy expensive

11. 10 – What is a beedie worker? • A person who looks after bee hives • Someone who makes beads • Someone who makes hand rolled cigarettes

12. 11 – In India factories arent allowed to employ children under 14 • True • False

13. 12 – Child trafficking is: • Child labour where children are bought and sold • Not prosecuting under age drivers • Taking children to school

14. 13 – Child soldiers are involved in 30 areas of conflict in the world. How many of them are there? • 10,000 • 100,000 • 300,000

15. 14 – To tackle child labour, we need: • Campaigns against it • Everyone helping to end poverty • Governments to pass laws