Chapter 3 MIDDLE AND SOUTH AMERICA

Haiti's Rising Cost of Food Worries Aid Groups

After watching the Haiti's Rising Cost of Food Worries Aid Groups video, consider the questions below. Then "submit" your response.

1. The protests that killed at least five people were prompted by

A lack of food

A poor selection of food

Shortages in preferred foods

High food prices

2. President Preval announced a plan to

Grow more food

Give food away for free

Slash the price of the staple food of rice by 15 percent

Set up a food stamp program

3. According to Bill Canny of Catholic Charities, Haiti is a classic case of

Trying to grow food in a cold climate

Destruction of small farmers because they cannot compete in a global economy

Farmers becoming lazy and living off subsidies

None of the above

4. Haitian farmers suffer from

Rising cost of imported fertilizer

Lack of land

Weak infrastructure

All of the above