Uzbekistan pressured to stop child labor

Sep. 26, 2011

Q: Pressure is growing on the government of Uzbekistan to prove that it is ending the use of children to harvest cotton. Where is the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan?

Circle the area on this map

---

Q: School children as young as 10 are reportedly being bussed to farms to harvest the cotton, a mainstay of Uzbekistan's economy. How old does someone have to be in the United States to be a farmworker?

A. 12

B. 14

C. 16

D. 18

Q: Child labor accounts for 22 percent of the workforce in Asia, What is the proportion in the United States and Canada?

A. 32%

B. 17%

C. 9%

D. 1%

Q: Uzbekistan exports the largest share of its goods to Ukraine and imports the largest share of its goods from the nation that once ruled Uzbekistan. Which nation?

A. Pakistan

B. Russia

C. China

D. India

Q: Decades of pursuing greater and greater cotton production has taken a heavy toll on Uzbekistan's environment. What has it caused?

A. Aral Sea shrinking

B. Salty soil

C. Pesticide pollution

D. All of the above

---

Answers for this quiz: Click here