Human Rights

The first known document to assert individual human rights was written in the year 1215 and was called:

• the Right to Live

• The Magna Chart for Human Rights

• The Magna Carta

• The Basic Rights of Man

What world situation preceded and led to the creation and establishment of the United Nations?

• The building of the Berlin Wall

• The Great Oil Spill of 1894

• World War I

• World War II

Who was the chair of the United Nations Human Rights commission and the driving force in creating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

• Michelle O Bama

• Hilary Clinton

• Edith Roosevelt

• Eleanor Roosevelt

What is the United Nations?

• An international organisation founded in 1921 to promote world peace and prevent future wars

• An international organisation founded in 1940 to promote world peace and prevent future wars

• IAn international organisation founded in 1918 to promote world peace and prevent future wars

• An international organisation founded in 1945 to promote world peace and prevent future wars

What is the name of the document that lists the 30 human rights?

• The Human Rights Declaration

• The Human Rights Declaration for Mankind

• The Universal Acknowledgement of Rights for All

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The word RIGHTS means:

• You are legally allowed to insist on your own choices being respected

• Things you are legally allowed to have or freedoms to be, do or have something

• Someone who is right-handed

• Things you are legally allowed to do or have and can insist on

The term HUMAN RIGHTS means:

• Rules you have to follow because you are human

• Freedoms granted to adults

• The rights you have because you are human

• Special privileges given to the majority of people

The word declaration means:

• the act of announcing or making something known

• A document stating that another person has taken possession of something of yours

• To make something, such as a subject or topic, more interesting

• from ancient time, to make a public promise

Each human right comes with personal responsibility. What is your responsibility regarding your right to an education?

• You get to choose your school and wear the full prescribed uniform

• You work hard and treat the people and school with respect

• You provide your own lunch and bring some extra in case someone doesn't have any

• You provide your own stationery and other people are expected to do the same

The word fair means

• according to what is right, following the rules, not based on prejudice or meanness

• a festival in which people of different races congregate as equals

• according to what is right as you interpret the rules, not based on prejudice or meanness

• not heavy or hard to carry