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Civics: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - Volunteering (Questions)

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Charities rely on volunteers. As a Citizenship student, you will have been taught that many people work to help others without being asked to and without being paid. These people are called volunteers.

Test your knowledge in the following quiz about Volunteering.

Voluntary organizations are sometimes called what?

[ ]	Charities
[ ]	Faiths
[ ]	Hopes
[ ]	Patients

Which voluntary organization started in 1863, inspired by Swiss businessman Henry Dunant?

[ ]	Blue Cross
[ ]	Green Cross
[ ]	Red Cross
[ ]	White Cross

What does RNLI stand for?

[ ]	Regional Nautical Living Income
[ ]	Reinstall Normal Life International
[ ]	Royal Namesake Lineage Incorporated
[ ]	Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Which of these is a purpose of volunteering?

[ ]	To raise money
[ ]	To save lives
[ ]	A sense of achievement
[ ]	All of the above

Susan volunteered to help tidy the park in her village. What kind of volunteer work is this?

[ ]	International
[ ]	Local
[ ]	National
[ ]	Overseas

Which region is not served by 'Save the Elephants'?

[ ]	Congo
[ ]	Kenya
[ ]	Mali
[ ]	Tokyo

Tom is disabled and can't walk. His Dad volunteered to do a parachute jump to raise money. Why?

[ ]	He had always been a daredevil
[ ]	He wanted a new television
[ ]	In order to pay off the mortgage
[ ]	To get Tom an electric wheelchair

How did Tom's Dad raise the money?

[ ]	By asking for a pay rise at work
[ ]	By asking people to sponsor his jump
[ ]	By raiding Tom's piggy bank
[ ]	By taking out a bank loan

What is the part time volunteer force of the British Army?

[ ]	Black Berets
[ ]	Red Arrows
[ ]	Salvation Army
[ ]	Territorial Army

10.

Helping others without reward could be described as .......

[ ]	self-centred
[ ]	self-indulgent
[ ]	selfish
[ ]	selfless

Civics: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - Volunteering (Answers)