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Question 1
Refer to the Newsela article "The Relationship between Hunger and War."
Part A
What is an effect of food insecurity?
Food insecurity can lead to conflict, which can lead to more food insecurity and famine.
Food insecurity is almost exclusively found in poor countries such as South Sudan and Yemen.
Since 2015, the world has never allowed more than 30 percent of any nation to suffer from food insecurity.
Since 2010, the U.N. has successfully prevented the blockading of food imports from other countries.
Question 2
Part B
Which evidence from the text best supports the answer in Part A?
"[During the war in Yemen] . . . The country's currency collapsed, public employees weren't paid . . ."
"Food prices climbed higher than what most people could pay [during the conflict]."
"Armed conflicts can force huge numbers of people out of their homes."
"Sixty percent of the millions of people suffering from poor diets in 2016 lived in areas of armed conflict."
