WorksheetsHuman Rights Violations
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Worksheet time: 15mins
These documents are most associated with which Enduring Issue?
Imperialism
Decolonization
Human Rights Violations
Population Growth
Which global problem is best illustrated by the late 20th-century conflicts in Rwanda, Kosovo, and Sudan?
lack of water resources
disagreement over national borders
proliferation (spread) of chemical weapons
violation of human rights
An historian could best use this document in a study of
environmental change
migration of people
human rights violations
effects of geography
According to this document, what was one way Pol Pot’s government tried to gain the support of the Cambodian people?
They held free elections.
They offered free medical care.
They extinguished fear by giving people many rights.
They banned dissent.
The persecution referred to in this passage includes
the Romans’ treatment of early Christians
invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union
mass murder of Jews and others in concentration camps during the Holocaust
deaths of American soldiers during the Bataan Death March
What is the main idea of this cartoon?
Fences were built to prevent the spread of illness and suffering.
The world ignores human rights violations in Darfur like they did during the Holocaust.
The people of Darfur are reaching out to those suffering in Europe.
Poverty affects both the people of Darfur and of Europe.
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
seceded to create an independent state
suffered human rights violations
fled to escape a severe flood
The treatment of Christian Armenians in Ottoman Turkey (1915) and the treatment of Bosnian Muslims in the former Yugoslavia (1990s) are examples of
international relief efforts
human rights violations
expansion of voting rights
government protection of minorities
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
The Nuremberg Trials are considered an important event in the 20th century because they
brought an end to genocide
condemned the use of nuclear weapons
ruled on provisions for the postwar occupation of Germany
established principles of responsibility for human rights violations
Armenians under Ottoman rule and Cambodians under the Khmer Rouge both experienced
an outbreak of the plague
human rights violations
economic sanctions
an agricultural revolution
Ethnic cleansing in Bosnia, the killing fields of Cambodia (Kampuchea), and the dirty war in Argentina are all examples of
religious conflicts
international terrorism
nationalist revolts
human rights violations
The Armenian Massacre, the “killing fields” of the Khmer Rouge, and Saddam Hussein’s attacks against the Kurds are examples of
apartheid
enslavement
human rights violations
forced collectivization
During the 20th century, global attention was drawn to the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire, the Tutsis of Rwanda, and the Muslims of Kosovo because these groups were all victims of
the AIDS epidemic
environmental disasters
human rights violations
nuclear power accidents
The treatment of the Armenians by Ottoman Turks in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the treatment of Muslims by the Serbs of Yugoslavia in the 1990s are both examples of
coalition rule
liberation theology
universal suffrage
human rights violations
The Armenian massacre, the Holocaust, and the Rape of Nanking are examples of
appeasement policies
resistance movements
Russification efforts
human rights violations
“What harms the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.”
– Elie Wiesel
In this quotation, the author is suggesting that
totalitarian governments generally support civil liberties
nations of the world must always condemn human rights violations whenever they occur
ethnic cleansing is not an issue to be addressed by the United Nations
demonstrations against human rights violations are of limited value
“United States Adopts Economic Sanctions Against South Africa”
“Chinese Dissidents Imprisoned After Student Protest”
“Kurds Forced to Flee Northern Iraq”
These headlines are similar in that each refers to the issue of
imperialist expansion
peasant revolts
human rights violations
isolationist policies
Which was a fundamental principle expressed by the war crimes tribunal at Nuremburg following World War II?
National policies followed during wartime cannot be criticized after the war.
Both national leaders and their followers are responsible for their wartime actions.
Individuals acting in the name of the state cannot be prosecuted for their actions.
No action is a crime if it happens during wartime.
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 trials by juries
blowing up factories
arresting known criminals
kidnapping political opponents
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was written in response to
the burning of Hutu homes in Rwanda
demands for better treatment of Latin American peasants in Guatemala
atrocities committed during World War II
the forced migrations of city people under the rule of the Khmer Rouge
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the founding of Amnesty International (1961) are both associated with efforts to recognize and protect the
economic diversity of nations
dignity of individuals
right of each nation to enforce its own laws
balance of power between nations
Base your answer on the attached statements.
Based on an analysis of these statements, which conclusion is accurate?
All governments have taken active steps to end slavery.
The United Nations has solved the problem of slavery.
The number of enslaved persons has increased dramatically since 1948.
Slavery remains a problem in the modern era.
The ideas expressed in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights most closely reflect the political philosophy of the
Commercial Revolution
Scientific Revolution
Age of Enlightenment
Middle Ages
In which way are the situations shown in these photographs similar?
Military regimes overthrew democratically elected leaders in both countries.
The United Nations sent peacekeeping forces that provided aid in both countries.
Marxist parties removed the military leaders holding power in both countries.
Foreign armies led invasions in both countries.
What is the main idea of the cartoon?
Labor camps remain China's primary method of punishing plitical prisoners.
The Chinese consider the United States and imperial power.
Economic development in modern China has sometimes been achieved by ignoring human rights issues,
The Chinese believe that human rihts abuses are also issues in the United States.
The best use of this cartoon would support the claim that Deng Xiaoping’s policies brought which of the following to China?
Prosperity
Imperialism
Tyranny
Equality
The main idea of this cartoon is that Deng Xiaoping will be remembered most for the
adoption of a capitalist economy.
preservation of Chinese historical sites.
destruction of Western art
bloodshed in Tiananmen Square.
As depicted in this 1961 cartoon, the Chinese communes created by Mao's Great Leap Forward resulted in
large scale private land ownership
the adoption of capitalism to improve China's economy
the deaths of at least 40 million people
the creation of a one child policy in China to limit the population growth.
