Unit 13 - Human Rights Violations

For which purpose could this passage best be used?

• learning about the reasons for the rise of the Khmer Rouge

• researching life in Phnom Penh before the arrival of the Khmer Rouge

• explaining the contributions of the ethnic minorities within Cambodia

• understanding the impacts of Khmer Rouge policies on Cambodian society

Which historical development is most similar to the situation described in this passage?

• Nazi actions in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s

• Nelson Mandela’s campaigns against apartheid in the early 1960s

• Ayatollah Khomeini’s rise to power in Iran in the late 1970s

• Argentinian mothers protesting in the Plaza de Mayo in the 1980s and 1990s

Which claim is best supported by the evidence in this passage?

• Sisowath Doung Chanto questioned his father’s patriotism.

• The Khmer Rouge only arrested artists and authors.

• Millions of Cambodians were executed during the civil war.

• Many Cambodians resisted arrest by fleeing the country.

The actions described in this passage are most closely associated with which leader?

• Ho Chi Minh

• Pol Pot

• Deng Xiaoping

• Sun Yat Sen

According to this author, what is the underlying reason for the exploitation of child labor?

• increasing health costs

• extreme poverty

• government interventions

• technological developments

Which statement best describes the difference between child labor laws and enforcement as described in this passage?

• Most countries have no laws to protect children from dangerous labor situations.

• Most employers are always punished for breaking child labor laws

• Unless people take action, little will change regarding child labor abuses.

• Child labor laws are changing to ensure children are earning equal pay for equal work.

Which provision of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights was violated by the actions described in the passage?

• No one shall be held in slavery or servitude.

• No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile.

• No one shall be forced to belong to an association.

• No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.

The behavior criticized in this cartoon is most similar to which concept?

• alliances

• appeasement

• nonalignment

• nuclear proliferation

Which organization directly helped to end the human rights violation shown in this cartoon?

• WTO – World Trade Organization

• OAU – Organization of African Unity

• NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• OPEC – Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Based on this passage, one can infer that popular radio programming

• gave hope to the Tutsis during the genocide

• was used to help end the genocide

• was not well known in Rwanda

• was a propaganda tool that led to the Tutsis being seen as inferior