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WorksheetsHuman rights - An introduction
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Who freed all the slaves and started the history of human rights?
Alexander the Great
Cyrus the Great
Serses
Hamurrabi
What are human rights?
the rights all human beings have
the rights which are given to someone at his/her birth
the rights which apply everywhere in the world and in all times
all the answers are correct
Who was the first to talk about equality?
Confucius
Jesus Christ
Jacob
Buddha
How can you define human rights if you believe they must be granted
positive rights
innatural rights
supernatural rights
natural rights
Who tried to demonstrate logically the existence of natural law and therefore of natural rights
John Locke
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Samuel Pufendorf
Hugo Grotius
Which were the first three natural rights, according to Grotius
life, religion and education
life, liberty and property
life, religion and liberty
life, property and rebellion
Which was the first ancient "Constitution"
Magna Carta Libertatum
Bill of rights
Petition of rights
Universal Declaration of Human rights
When was Magna Carta granted?
1628
1689
1215
1492
Which right did Americans add to life, liberty and property in the Declaration of Independence?
pursuit of happiness
rebellion
religion
self defense
Who chaired the Committee which drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Mahatma Gandhi
Martin Luther King
Jacqueline Kennedy
Eleonor Roosevelt
Where did Mahatma Gandhi start his career as a lawyer?
India
United States of America
England
South Africa
Is the Universal Declaration of Human rights legally binding for the States?
Yes
No
Only parts of it
All the answers are wrong
