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

As the chair of the United Nations Human Rights commission, Eleanor Roosevelt was the driving force in creating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

• True

• False

What is the United Nations?

• The original name for the United States

• The original name for the United Kingdom

• The three top-winning nations in an Olympics competition

• 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:

• On tests, a grade range where a person has answered at least 89% of the questions correctly

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

• Someone who is right-handed

• Having no homework for a month

The term HUMAN RIGHTS means:

• Rules you have to follow because you are human

• Freedoms granted to adults

• The rights you have simply because you are human

• Special privileges given to minorities

The word declaration means:

• the act of announcing or making something known; a document showing that those who signed it are showing their agreement with certain ideas

• A document stating that another person has taken possession of your home

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

• from ancient time, to make a public promise that you will work on a piece of land

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

• You get to choose your school

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

• You provide your own lunch

• You provide your own stationery

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

• a regular payment used to pay for a city bus

• not heavy or hard to carry