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Human Rights

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these are categorized as Human Rights?

a)

Social Rights

b)

Economic Rights

c)

Civil Rights

d)

All of these are human rights categories

2.

In 1948, which document was created to explain what rights that were given to all humans?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

c)

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

d)

International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

3.

What best identifies the specific topics that were addressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants?

a)

Racial Discrimination and Torture

b)

Politics and Social Concerns

c)

Economic and Cultural

d)

Drinking water and non contaminated food.

4.

________ _______ deal with standards of judiciary and penal systems.

a)

Social Rights

b)

Political Rights

c)

Cultural Rights

d)

Civil Rights

5.

Specific components of participation in political power are dealt within __________ ___________.

a)

Social Rights

b)

Political Rights

c)

Economic Rights

d)

Cultural Rights

6.

The standard of living and quality of life for all people, including those not participating in economic activities are dealt within _____________ _______________.

a)

Cultural Rights

b)

Civil Rights

c)

Social Rights

d)

Political Rights

7.

___________ ___________ deal with the sphere of human beings working, producing, and serving.

a)

Economic Rights

b)

Social Rights

c)

Cultural Rights

d)

Civil Rights

8.

The cultural sphere of life, including ethnic culture, subcultures, arts and science are dealt within __________ ___________.

a)

Economic Rights

b)

Cultural Rights

c)

Political Rights

d)

Civil Rights

9.

Civil and Political Rights have as their main objective is to ___________ _______________.

a)

ensure equality

b)

provide resources

c)

provide individual freedom at no cost

d)

ensure freedom

10.

The main objective of economic, social, and cultural rights is to _____________ ______________.

a)

ensure progressive implementation of human rights

b)

ensure equality

c)

ensure immediate implementation of human rights.

d)

to ensure that human rights are immutable or absolute

11.

Indivisibility, Interrelatedness, and Interdependence should be the goals of ___________ __________.

a)

Social Rights

b)

Human Rights

c)

Political Rights

d)

Economic Rights

12.

The Old Testament, English Bill of Rights, New Testament, and the Magna Carta are _____________ to the 20th Century Human Rights Documents.

a)

results

b)

indicators

c)

precursors

d)

readings

13.

Human Dignity, Equality, Non-Discrimination Universality, Interdependency, Inalienability are the _________ ______________ of Human Rights.

a)

Core Principles

b)

Secondary Ideals

c)

Simple Ideals

d)

Complex goals

14.

True or False: Human Rights only applies in poor, foreign countries.

a)

False

b)

True

15.

True or False: Lawyers are not the only ones who understand the significance of Human Rights

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Cultural (healthcare, housing), Social, Economic Rights are not rights, but they are privileges. (True or False)

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Human Rights and Civil Rights are the same thing: True or False

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Who is the former first lady that chaired the UN Commission on Human Rights?

a)

Michelle Obama

b)

Barbara Bush

c)

Hillary Clinton

d)

Eleanor Roosevelt

19.

International Human Rights Day is celebrated around the world on what date?

a)

October 31

b)

November 11

c)

July 4

d)

December 10

20.

International Human Rights Day is celebrated around the world on what date?

a)

October 31

b)

November 11

c)

July 4

d)

December 10

21.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights were influenced by which of the following documents?

a)

English Bill of Rights and the U.S. Bill of Rights

b)

Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution

c)

The Holy Bible and the Koran

d)

All of these influenced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

22.

Which group is NOT listed as one of the ones discriminated against?

a)

the disabled

b)

the elderly

c)

African Americans

d)

White-American males, especially the rich ones

23.

____________ __________ _____________ is a means towards social change; a tool to transform the theory and practical applications into everyday social practice.

a)

Human Rights Education

b)

Social Reform Act

c)

Civil Rights Bill

d)

Commission of Humanity

24.

The state must stop others from interfering with people´s rights is the state obligation to provide ___________.

a)

Protection

b)

Non discrimination

c)

Adequate Progress

d)

Effective remedies

25.

People must be able to participate in realizing their rights is the formal state obligation of

a)

Participation

b)

Effective remedy

c)

Adequate progress

d)

Fulfillment

26.

Which one of these WILL NOT fall under the Right to Education?

a)

Community role in local schools

b)

Raising enrollments by a certain percentage by 2020.

c)

Preventing bribery of judges

d)

Not banning children from school

27.
The unjust treatment of different categories of people on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
a)
Servitude
b)
Dignity
c)
United Nations
d)
Discrimination
28.
Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments
a)
Human Right Violations
b)
Suffrage
c)
Gandhi
d)
Civil Rights
29.
Children abducted into rebel armies around the world; often given drugs to make them easier to manipulate,
a)
Civil Rights
b)
Child Soldiers
c)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
d)
United Nations
30.
A shelter from danger or hardship.
a)
Gandhi
b)
Asylum
c)
Malala
d)
Compel
31.
South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918)
a)
Mandela
b)
Compel
c)
Gandhi
d)
Malala
32.
Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group through mass murder.
a)
Servitude
b)
Recourse
c)
Genocide
d)
Gandhi
33.
An international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. It was founded in 1945 , replacing the League of Nations.
a)
Degrading
b)
Child Soldiers
c)
United Nations
d)
Discrimation
34.
Indian nationalist and spiritual leader who developed the practice of nonviolent disobedience that forced Great Britain to grant independence to India (1947). He was assassinated by a Hindu fanatic.
a)
Genocide
b)
Malala
c)
Mandela
d)
Gandhi
35.
A South African policy of complete legal separation of the races, including the banning of all social contacts between the black and whites.
a)
Apartheid
b)
Mandela
c)
Degrading
d)
Gandhi
36.
A 1948 statement in which the United Nations declared that all human beings have rights to life, liberty, and security.
a)
Inalienable
b)
Recourse
c)
United Nations
d)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
37.

The main objective of economic, social, and cultural rights is to _____________ ______________.

a)

ensure progressive implementation of human rights

b)

ensure equality

c)

ensure immediate implementation of human rights.

d)

to ensure that human rights are immutable or absolute

38.
When was the Rwandan Genocide?
a)
1992
b)
1993
c)
1994
d)
1995
39.

What were the two ethic groups involved in the Rwandan genocide?

a)

Rwandans & Non-Rwandans

b)

Hutus & Tutsis

c)

Shutis & Kitis

d)

Huts & Tuts

40.

The Rwandan genocide lasted approximately ________ days.

a)

500

b)

1,000

c)

100

d)

50

41.
How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
a)
1 million
b)
6 million
c)
100'000
d)
60 million
42.

What is the correct definition for a REFUGEE?

a)

Someone who has been displaced by a hurricane or other natural disaster.

b)

A person who has a war going on where they live.

c)

Someone trying to escape for religious persecution.

d)

All of the above.

43.
What country has taken the lead in trying to resolve the refugee crisis in Europe?
a)
France
b)
Syria
c)
Russia
d)
Germany
44.
According to Christians, what makes humans different from animals?
a)
Humans have a different body.
b)
Humans can think rationally.
c)
Humans have a body and a God-given soul.
d)
There is no difference between humans and animals.
45.
What are human rights?
a)
Rights only the richest are entitled to.
b)
Rights that all people have simply because they are human.
c)
A responsibility that people have as humans.
d)
Rights that only children have.
46.
What does equality mean?
a)
Being treated the same by having the same rights, responsibilities and opportunities. 
b)
The power or right to express your opinion.
c)
A belief or opinion that someone feels really strongly about.
d)
Supporting ideas that are very far from what most people believe to be acceptable or right.
47.
What is prejudice?
a)
A standard of poverty where people cannot access the most basic of human needs.
b)
Promoting a fair society by challenging injustice such as racism.
c)
Judging people to be inferior or superior without reason or cause.
d)
Acts of treating individuals or groups differently based on a prejudice.
48.
What is racism?
a)
Prejudice and discrimination towards someone because of their race and/or religion.
b)
Prejudice and discrimination towards someone because of their sexuality.
c)
Prejudice and discrimination towards someone because of their gender.
d)
Prejudice and discrimination towards someone because of their social status.
49.

Everyone has the right to leave one's country and go to another.

a)

Moral and Cultural Rights

b)

Right to Worship God

c)

Right to Emigrate and Immigrate

d)

Right of Meeting and Association

50.
Everyone has a right to live.
a)
Right to Choose Freely One's State in Life
b)
Economic Rights
c)
Right to Emigrate and Immigrate
d)
Right to Life
51.

Available to all people in the world

a)

Agreement

b)

Inconceivable

c)

Universal

d)

Total

52.

Unable to be taken away or given away by a person

a)

Universal

b)

Indestructable

c)

Inalienable

d)

Interdependence

53.

_______________: The modern buying, selling and transporting of people.

a)

Slavery

b)

Human Trafficking

c)

Prostituion

d)

Forced Labor

54.

What do we call it when someone uses derogatory language against someone or a group because of their race, sexual identify, gender or religion?

a)

Hate Speech

b)

Hate Crime

c)

Slurs

d)

Hazing

55.
Causing shame or disgrace
a)
Degrading
b)
Dignity

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