In this module, we have seen that the advent of agriculture 10,000 years ago has brought about many positive changes to the human population. Nevertheless, there are over 800 million people around the world who do not receive adequate amounts of food each day. Nutritional requirements are met by meat consumption to a greater extent in the developed world than in the developing world. Undernutrition, overnutrition, and malnutrition remain issues of concern around the globe.
Module 31 AP® Review Questions
1. Approximately how many people are malnourished worldwide?
10 percent
18 percent
25 percent
30 percent
45 percent
2. Undernutrition means
lacking the proper balance of proteins, vitamins, and minerals.
not consuming a sufficient number of calories.
lacking a specific nutrient such as vitamin A or iron.
a lack of food such that deaths begin to occur.
the ingestion of too many poor quality calories.
3. Anemia, the most widespread nutritional deficiency, is the result of insufficient
vitamin A.
protein.
iron.
calories.
vitamin D.
4. The primary reason for malnutrition is
poverty.
political unrest.
insufficient food production.
diversion of food to livestock.
excessive food waste in developed nations.
5. Which nutritional trend is true?
Three species of plants contribute over 60 percent of human energy intake.
Meat consumption is decreasing globally.
Growing more grain is the only way to feed the world’s population.
Overnutrition has remained constant over the last century worldwide.
Grain production has increased rapidly in recent years.