Foreign Aid

¿What country gets the most U.S. foreign aid per capita?

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1. How accurate was your prediction?

2. What story does this map tell?

3. What surprised you most about this map?

4. Why do you think our foreign aid is given out this way?

5. What is a consequence of our foreign aid being given out this way?

6. Is this good news?

7. What questions do you have about this information?

8. Last year the U.S. gave out about $35 billion in foreign aid. In general, do you think the U.S. should give out less or more foreign aid?

9. In the comments section, list one way you would alter this distribution of U.S. foreign aid?

Action Extension

Here's the list of the top five recipients of last year's $35 billion of U.S. foreign aid.

• Israel: $3.1 billion

• Egypt: $1.5 billion

• Afghanistan: $1.1 billion

• Jordan: $1.0 billion

• Pakistan: $933 million

Make your own top five list of which countries you think should receive foreign aid and send it to Secretary of State John Kerry.