Tak Sun Secondary School
F.3 Contemporary Studies
Problem set 4 for remedial class 10-11
Topic: Rich and poor (Chapter 25)
Name: ____________________
Full mark: 35 marks
Class: _____________ Class No.: ___________
Instruction: On top of finishing the questions listed below, you are required to look
up your dictionary and write down the Chinese meaning in blankets for highlighted
words.
Section A.
1.
Short question
(15 marks)
(a) In case of wars or natural disasters (_______________) in LDCs, what
materials do international organisations (_______________) provide to
people in LDCs?
(3 marks)
(b) Name TWO international organisations providing emergency relief
( ________________) to LDCs.
(2 marks)
2.
(a) Why do LDCs often refuse ( ____________) conditional foreign aid
(___________________)offered by MDCs?
(1 mark)
(b) Why do some MDCs restrict (_______________) technology
transference ( ___________________)?
(1 mark)
3.
(a) What are the weaknesses ( ______________) of some foreign aid
( _____________)?
(2 marks)
(b) How can these problems be solved?
(2 marks)
4.
How do MDCs help LDCs rely (________) on themselves? List TWO examples.
(4 marks)
Section B.
Data-based question
(20 marks)
1. Study the following figures and answer the questions followed.
Fig.1
Fig.2a
Fig.2b
(a) In which two continents are the countries with over 40% of population living
with less than 1 US dollar a day mainly located (__________)?
(2 marks)
(b) Which type of countries do the countries in the above two continents usually
belong to, the less developed or more developed?
(1 mark)
(c) Fig.2a and 2b show the situation of international aid (__________________).
Which type of aid do they belong to?
(1 mark)
(d) Can the above aid help the poor countries get rid of (_________________) the
vicious cycle (______________) of poverty? Why?
(3 marks)
(e) Can more developed countries obtain benefit from offering ( _____________)
helps to poor countries to escape from poverty?
(2 marks)
2.
Study the following information and answer the questions.
Haiti struck by a massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake
Haiti's worst quake in two centuries hit south of the capital Port-au-Prince on
Tuesday, wrecking the presidential palace, UN Headquarters and other buildings.
The Red Cross says up to three million people have been affected. The cost of
damage is estimated to be in billions.
A number of nations, including the US, UK, Canada, Australia, France, Venezuela
and a number of Latin American nations, are gearing up to send aid. The Red
Cross is sending a relief team from Geneva and two UN planes, carrying
emergency food aid to Port-au-Prince. The Inter-American Development Bank has
immediately approved a $200 000 grant for emergency aid.
13 January 2010
Facts about Haiti

History of violence, instability and dictatorship

Economy in ruins and unemployment is chronic

Population: 10 million (UN, 2009)

Capital: Port-au-Prince

Life expectancy: 59 years (men), 63 years (women) (UN)

Main exports: Light manufactures, coffee, mangoes

GNP per capita: US$660 (World Bank, 2008)
We have increased the UN stabilisation mission in Haiti
by 3 500 troops to 12 651. We have also set up a Joint
Operations Tasking Centre with the US military to
co-ordinate security in and around Port-au-Prince.
UN Security Council’s spokesman
As part of the rebuilding strategy to provide job
opportunities for the victims, we will temporarily
employ 220 000 Haitians to clear debris and restore
basic infrastructure.
The agricultural infrastructure has to be repaired as
soon as possible to secure food supply. Haiti depends
Co-ordinator of UN
on food imports, yet around 80% of the population
Development Programme
are engaged in agriculture. In the long term, we
hope to develop a rural agricultural strategy that
would enable Haiti to become more self-sufficient.
(a) Check the Chinese meaning of the following words in the articles
Earthquake (
)
Two centuries (
Wrecking (
)
estimates (
Gearing up (
)
stabilization mission (
Coordinate (
)
rebuilding (
Debris
(
)
Infrastructure (
Strategy (
)
self-sufficient (
(b)
(4 marks)
)
)
)
)
)
)
Explain the role of the United Nations in safeguarding social stability in Haiti.
(3 marks)
(c) (i) Which two aspects does the immediate rebuild strategy focus on?(2 marks)
(ii) What are the benefits brought by the UN Development Programme?
(2 marks)
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