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presents A World in Jeopardy (Trade version)

presents A World in Jeopardy (Trade version). With thanks to CIDA’s Human Rights Network. V ersion 1.2. A World in Jeopardy. This is the immediate result of overproduction of goods on the world market. What are falling prices?. $200.

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  1. presentsA World in Jeopardy(Trade version) With thanks to CIDA’s Human Rights Network V ersion 1.2

  2. A World in Jeopardy

  3. This is the immediate result of overproduction of goods on the world market. What are falling prices? $200

  4. The rich north (one quarter of the world population) consumes this many percent of the world’s global resources…(+/- 5%) What is 80%? $400

  5. Developing countries have less food for themselves, as land and water are diverted to provide four types of products for rich consumers. These are two of the four… What are flowers, shrimp, fruit, and meat?? $600

  6. Research has shown that an American fast food hamburger now contains meat from up to this many different cattle...(+/- 20) What are 200 cows? $800

  7. A typical steer consumes this many kg of grain to gain one kg during its stay at a feedlot…(+/- 2) What is 3,000 pounds? $1000

  8. These products used by most banana producers, run off into streams and rivers, destroying plant and animal life… What are pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, or chemical fertilizers? $200

  9. People from these two continents are the world’s biggest banana consumers... What are North America and Europe? $400

  10. These are the three biggest banana companies in the world… What are Dole, Chiquita, and Del Monte? $600

  11. For every dollar spent on bananas, this much goes to the producer...(+/- 3¢) What is 5 cents? $800

  12. This country exports more bananas than any other... What is Ecuador? $1000

  13. This kind of trade aims to eliminate import taxes and tariffs for companies... What is free trade? $200

  14. African governments are pressured to push this form of crop production to pay off foreign debts… What is monoculture, or cash crops? $400

  15. These are two of the five corporations that control most aspects of the entire world’s food production (such as fertilizers, seeds and processing). What are Monsanto, Nestle, Altria, ADM (Archer Daniels Midland) and Cargill? $600

  16. Rich countries tax imports from poor countries this many times more than they tax imports from other rich countries… What is 4 times? Daily Double

  17. This past U.S. president said "As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow." Who is Abraham Lincoln?(1864) $1000

  18. This country gives the lowest aid per capita of all developed countries… What is the USA? $200

  19. Nomads in Niger have lost this % of their annual income due to the 2005 food crisis. (+/- 20%) What is 70%? $400

  20. Rich countries spend this much on agricultural subsidies every day. (+/- $100 million) What is $1 billion? $600

  21. This % of Canadian food aid must be spent on products made or grown in Canada. (+/- 10%) What is 50%? $800

  22. This is how much debt developing countries still owe, after paying $550b over 3 decades on $540b of loans.(+/- $100b) What is$523 billion? $1000

  23. This type of trade ensures that the producers get enough money for their work… What isfair trade? $200

  24. This is the cultivation of fish, shellfish, water plants, etc. for sale. What isaquaculture? $400

  25. This is a term for the wide variety of genes and crops that is essential for ensuring world food security. What is biodiversity? Daily Double

  26. This term defines a type of seed that grows a plant which will not reproduce. What isterminator technology, or terminator seeds, or suicide seeds? $800

  27. Europe tried but was unable to ban this form of crop for fear of hidden long-term side effects… What aregenetically modified organisms (GMOs)? $1000

  28. This kind of institution benefits the most from free trade of coffee and other agricultural products… What aremultinational or transnational corporations? $200

  29. These are two of the four largest coffee-selling corporations in the world… What areNestle,Proctor & Gamble,Sara Lee, andAltria? $400

  30. This is how much a coffee grower gets paid for a cup of coffee sold in our coffee shops for $1.50…(+/- 2¢) What is2 cents? $600

  31. This country is the world leader in coffee production, yet many of its growers only earn 40% of their growing costs… What is Vietnam? $800

  32. This many coffee growers in the world are getting paid less than it costs them to grow coffee...(+/- 3 M) What is25 million people? $1000

  33. The category:Agricultural Subsidies This percentage of agricultural subsidies in America goes to the richest 10 percent of farmers…(+/- 10%) Final Jeopardy! What is 73%? Thank you, and congratulations to the winning team!

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