Tuesday, December 3, 2013

make-up test questions

1. what is microfinance? it helps people with no financial services
2. what are microloans? loan people money to get a kick start on their small businesses
3. how do these two relate? microfinance helps people with no typical access to banking, and microloans help to give people money to start small businesses.
4. what is malaria? a disease transmitted by mosquitos.
5. how can malaria be prevented? you can give money to poor countries so they have money to get/make mosquito nets.     you can send doctors over to poor countries to give people vaccinations to malaria.
6. what type of mosquito spreads malaria? a female Anopheles mosquito.
7. what is a micro lender? an organization that makes business loans to individuals who are not able to obtain financing from traditional lenders.
8. what is an effect of drought/heavy rain? the climate in the region affects the farming which is relied on in many because they are not as developed as other places.
9. what are Peace Corps volunteers doing? working on business issues and are focusing on increasing family income, improving the environment for business, educating young people, and helping business find markets for traditional products.
10. how can you improve microfinance? in order to improve microfinance, we need to think of a solution to give people a chance to have a better life.  when people need money, they need a loan. this will help them escape poverty. it should be something that people can lean on.

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