490G - General Charity Vocabulary Practice Exercise - May 2013

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. Forty percent of the world's population lack access to even the most minimal of toilet __________.
2. In the late 1990s, it is estimated that as many as three million people may have died in North Korea as a result of a widespread __________.
3. The war has made __________ of thousands of children in the region.
4. Homosexuals are __________ in some cultures, where they are denied their basic human rights and are treated almost like criminals.
5. __________ schools are becoming increasingly important for the teaching of computer skills.
6. During times of crisis, our charitable organization provides food, clothing, __________, and health care to children and their families.
7. Unlike oil and gas, solar power is a __________ fuel, because there will always be sunshine.
8. The organization has been quite effective in promoting __________ of the dangers of unsafe sex.
9. __________ children living in the impoverished villages of rural Peru are not able to get the education necessary to break the cycle of poverty.
10. Our organization helps __________ who flee their country due to wars or natural disasters.
11. __________ is the biggest killer of children in the world.
12. According to a recent report, just 15 cash crops such as corn, wheat and rice __________ 90% of the world's food.
13. An environmental group is __________ to end the international whale hunt.
14. When __________ children don't receive a proper education, it is difficult for them to escape from a life of poverty.
15. __________ is a serious issue in the countryside, where many people have never learned to read.
16. All the children in the school have been __________ to protect them from disease.
17. Taiwan is __________ in rice.
18. The United States __________ Alaska from Russia in 1867 for $7,200,000.