Human Rights Vocabulary

Civil rights and political rights include

• natural rights

• personal security

• those listed in our Bill of Rights

• all of the above

Rights related to work, fair pay and leisure (time off from work such as personal time, vacation) are considered to be

• political rights

• social rights

• cultural rights

• economic rights

Rights that include an adequate standard of living for health, education and to participate in the cultural life of the community are considered

• civil rights

• political rights

• economic rights

• social rights

True or False: The "full spectrum" of rights includes not only political and civil rights, but economic, cultural and social rights as well.

• True

• False

Term meaning non-religious

• autocratic

• secular

• covenants

• self- rule

True or False: The development of a secular view of government was the focal point of the Enlightenment period.

• True

• False

Pre-colonial refers to

• a time period before an area was colonized by another power

• the time period in which colonies gained their independence

• time period in which the industrialized powers of the world competed for colonies in Africa and Asia

Term for the condition of a tenant farmer bound to a hereditary plot f land and the will of the landlord.

• slavery

• serfdom

• indentured servant

• suffrage

Dictatorships and absolute monarchies are types of ____ rule

• democratic

• constitutional

• autocratic

• theocratic

In the US, what gives our government its legitimacy?

• military force

• fear

• voting and public participation in government

• due process based on the Constitution