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8. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), also known as the 2030 Agenda, are 17 interconnected global goals designed to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. The SDGs were established in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly, are intended to be achieved by 2030, and are as follows:

List of Sustainable Development Goals , PanDeMolde, Wikimedia Commons ,  CC BY-SA 4.0

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1. What proportion of the world's population do you think lived on less than $2.15 a day in 2022? 

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a) 2 %

b) 5,2 %

c) 8,5 %

c) 16,1 %

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2. In which part of the world do you think the situation of extreme poverty is most severe?

 

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a) Africa, especially the southern and central areas 

b) Asia, especially the south 

c) South and Central America 

d) Oceania 

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3. Hunger, also known as malnutrition, is defined as not consuming enough calories to maintain a normal, active and healthy life. 

The world has made great strides in reducing global hunger in recent decades. But we are still far from ending it.

How many people do you think are hungry in the world today?



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a) A little less than one in every thousand 

b) Almost one in 10 

c) About one in 100 

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4. One of the goals of the 2030 agenda in this section is to end a potentially lethal disease transmitted to humans by some types of mosquitoes, which occurs mainly in tropical countries and is a preventable and curable disease. The infection is caused by a parasite and is not transmitted from person to person. Do you know what it is called? 

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a) Whooping cough 

b) Malaria or malaria 

c) Tetanus 

d) Diphtheria 

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5. The goal of SDG 4 is to provide children and young people with quality education, build more education facilities and upgrade existing ones to provide safe, inclusive and effective learning environments for all.

Education is seen as a force for sustainable development and peace.  

What percentage of adults do you think are literate today , meaning they can read and write?

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a) 50 % 

b) 60 %

c) 70 %

d) 80 %

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6. There are countries that have realized earlier that INVESTING in education is investing in the future and in quality of life. After a few years, it is seen that in these countries the number of professionals dedicated to conceiving or creating new knowledge, products, processes, methods or systems increases, benefiting the economic development of the country. Which of the following countries do you think have the highest number of people dedicated to research and development per capita?

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a) Japan and China 

b) United States, Canada and Russia 

c) South Korea, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway 

d) Germany, United Kingdom, France and Spain 

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7. Objective: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. 

Many women still believe that a husband or partner is justified in beating his wife for any of these reasons: arguing with him; refusing to have sex; burning the food; going out without telling him; or neglecting the children. What percentage of women do you think thought this in 2021 in countries where there are more women who believe this?



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a) Between 40 and 50% 

b) Between 50 and 60% 

c) Between 60 and 70% 

d) Between 70 and 80%

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8. According to the Ministry of Equality, the value of the wage gap in Spain (what women earn less than men) in 2024 is: 



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a) 6 %

b) 12 %

c) 18 %

d) 24 %

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9. According to the United Nations, more than 2 BILLION people in the world do not have access to drinking water.

In 2022, approximately ____________ of the world's population experienced severe water shortages for at least part of the year, an issue that is being exacerbated by climate change.

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a) a quarter 

b) one third 

c) half 

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10. Considerable progress has been made towards achieving sustainable energy goals. The number of people without access to electricity fell from 958 million in 2015 to ______ in 2022. Global capacity to generate electricity from renewable energy has begun to expand at an unprecedented rate, a trend that is expected to continue.

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a) 685 millones

b) 820 millones

c) 915 millones

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11. According to the United Nations, the global rate of young people who were neither in education nor in employment in 2023 was: 

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a) 12,4 %

b) 21,8 %

c) 33,2 %

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12. SDG9 aims to: "Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation." 

What does "resilient infrastructure" mean ?

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a) It refers to a type of building that promotes the participation of all types of people in its construction and use. 

b) That it is a type of construction that can be maintained for a long time without depleting resources or causing serious damage to the environment 

c) That it is a type of construction that is capable of resisting and recovering quickly from any type of natural or human disaster (earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires...) 

 

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13. More people died on migration routes in 2023 than in any other year on record. The number of refugees worldwide reached an all-time high, forcibly displaced from their countries due to war, conflict, persecution, human rights violations...

How many people do you think are still refugees under UNHCR's mandate today? 

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a) 2 million  

b) 5 million 

c) 13 million 

d) 37 million 

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14. What percentage of the world's urban population lives in slums today (2024)? 

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a) 5 %

b) 10 %

c) 25 %

d) 40 %

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15. What percentage of electronic waste is collected and managed sustainably? 



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a) 11 %

b) 22 %

c) 33 %

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16. The world continues to break temperature records. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed that 2023 was the hottest year on record, with global average temperatures soaring to approximately ________ above pre-industrial levels.

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a) 1,15 ºC

b) 1,45 ºC

c) 1,65 ºC

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17. Which of the following is NOT one of the key actions of this goal to safeguard the oceans? 



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a) Increase monitoring of ocean health 

b) Reduce marine protected areas to make more fishing grounds available 

c) Taking global action on plastic pollution 

d) Combat illegal fishing 

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18. Forests absorb CO2 , protect biodiversity, protect soil and water, preventing desertification, allow productive use (wood, forest remains for biomass, mushrooms, chestnuts...), are places of recreation and beauty that promote active tourism... Which of these countries has increased its forest area in the last 30 years?

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a) Spain 

b) Brazil 

c) Democratic Republic of the Congo 

d) Indonesia 

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19. Which of these armed conflicts is active today (2024)?

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a) Syrian civil war

b) Yemeni civil war

c) guerra de Sudán

d) Burma war

e) all of the above 

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20. An alliance implies mutual support to achieve a common goal. One of the tools in which investment is being made to facilitate international cooperation between partners is the development of infrastructure and access to the Internet.

What percentage of the world's population had access to the internet in 2023?



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a) One third of the world's population (33%) 

b) Half of the world's population (50%) 

c) Two thirds of the world's population (67%) 

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