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Millennium development goals: how much do you know? – Quiz

There are only 500 days until the MDGs, established to tackle the world's biggest problems, expire. How well do you know the goals?

MDG Syrian girls at Zatari refugee camp in Jordan

Syrian refugee students print their hands on their school walls at the Zatari refugee camp, Jordan. Photograph: Jamal Nasrallah/EPA

  1. 1. How many MDGs are there?

  2. 2. MDG1 is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. What does the UN currently define as the global poverty rate?

  3. 3. Which of the following is not an MDG?

  4. Millennium development goals 4. Which of the MDGs does this UN graphic represent?

  5. 5. According to the UN, which MDG has been achieved?

  6. 6. MDG3 is to promote gender equality. Which of the following is not a target or indicator?

  7. 7. Fill in the gap. MDG6 is to combat HIV-Aids, __________ and other diseases

  8. 8. According to the UN, what percentage of children in developing countries now have access to primary education?

  9. 9. Which country was first to achieve the goal of halving extreme poverty?

  10. 10. The sustainable development goals (SDGs) will replace the MDGs next year. How many proposed SDGs are there?

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