Adapted from Oxfam GB 2005, Making Sense of World Conflicts
Select an answer for each of the 10 questions. If you get an answer wrong, try again. However, each time you get an answer wrong, your score will go down.
Out of approximately 193 countries in the world, how many countries experienced armed conflict in 2002?
21
42
67
What proportion of the world's countries spent more on the military than on health-care in 2002?
one-fifth (1 in 5)
one-third (1 in 3)
half (1 in 2)
Between 1997 and 2001 what percentage of developing countries experienced a civil war?
26%
41%
56%
In World War One, what percentage of casualties were civilians?
14%
67%
90%
What percentage of casualties were civilians in World War Two?
14%
67%
90%
What proportion of those killed in conflict since 1989 have been non-combatants (civilians)?
14%
67%
90%
How many small arm weapons are there in the world?
639 million
749 million
829 million
What percentage of small arms are in civilian hands (not soldiers)?
60%
70%
80%
How many children are estimated to be involved in conflicts worldwide (2002)?
3,000
30,000
300,000
Article 38 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child states that you have a right to protection in times of war and should not have to be in an army or take part in a battle under what age?