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The Mali Quiz
Click on the button next to the right answer: at the end you can get your score and find out what the answers are.
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1. Which has the bigger area, Mali or the UK?
Mali
UK
They are about the same size

2. If one country is bigger than the other, how much bigger do you think it is?
three times
five times
seven times

3. How many people live in Mali?
5 million
nearly 7 million
Just over 11 million

4. How many people live in the UK?
58 million
5.8 million
144 million

5. How many more people live in the UK than in Mali?
3 times
5 times
7 times

6. If you were a boy living in Mali for how many years could you expect to live?
45
47
96

7. If you were a girl living in Mali for how many years could you expect to live?
45
47
94

8. If you were a boy living in the UK for how many years could you expect to live?
74
76
79

9. If you were a girl living in the UK for how many years could you expect to live?
74
76
79

10. How many babies die for every 1000 born in the UK?
5
7
9

11. How many babies die for every 1000 born in Mali?
94
113
134

12. How many TV sets are there per 1000 people in the UK?
450
488
1429

13. How many TV sets are there per 1000 people in Mali?
1
10
100

 

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