Human Rights Violations

One characteristic of apartheid, which was practiced in South Africa, is

• Segregation of the races

• Forced migration of blacks to other nations

• integration of all races in society

• an open immigration system

What is the main idea of this 1995 cartoon?

• The United Nations was unsuccessful in maintaining peace in Bosnia

• The United Nations was an ineffective as a world organization as the League of Nations was

• The United Nations had joined forces with Bosnian Serbs

• The Bosnian Serbs had the largest army in Eastern Europe

Based on these photographs, which action taken by the governments of Chile and Argentina violated the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

• Conducting trial by juries

• Blowing up factories

• Arresting known criminals

• Kidnapping political opponents

Which policy was eliminated in South Africa as a result of the actions shown in this cartoon? 

• nonalignment

• apartheid

• multiculturalism 

• militarism

Which global problem is best illustrated by the late 20^th-century conflicts in Rwanda, Kosovo, and Sudan?

• violation of human rights

• proliferation of chemical weapons

• disagreement over national borders

• lack of water resources

What is the main idea of this cartoon?

• Fences were built to prevent the spread of illness and suffering.

• The world continues to ignore human rights violations.

• The people of Darfur are reaching out to those suffering in Europe.

• Poverty affects both the people of Darfur and of Europe.

The Armenian massacre (1910s) and the forced famine in Ukraine (1930s) are examples of

• international terrorism

• religious conflicts

• guerrilla warfare

• human rights violations

One way in which the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire (1915) and the Tutsis in Rwanda (1994) are similar is that both groups

• sought safe haven in the Soviet Union

• suffered human rights violations

• seceded to create an independent state

• fled to escape a severe flood

The treatment of untouchables in India, the treatment of Jews during the Holocaust, and the treatment of Chinese student demonstrators in Tiananmen Square are all examples of

• fascist policies

• extraterritoriality

• excommunication

• human rights violations

What is the key idea of this cartoon?

• Genocide in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur has been stopped.

• Human rights issues are best dealt with by the United Nations.

• The United Nations has not been effective in ending genocide.

• Fear of war crimes trials has brought peace to troubled regions.