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Human rights: week 3

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are human rights?

a)

Rights afforded to all people due to the fact that they deserve them as human beings

b)

Freedoms

c)

The way we prove ourselves to be in the right

2.

Which is not a reason the authorities used to justify the separation of Indigenous Australian children from their parents?

a)

Being aboriginal

b)

Being neglected

c)

Violating human rights

d)

Parents are alcoholics

3.

Identify the first time Aboriginal People came together to attempt to fight for their civil rights?

a)

The Aboriginal Tent Embassy

b)

The 1938 Day of Mourning

c)

The Stolen Generations March

d)

The Freedom Ride

4.

To assimilate means to...

a)

Become the same

b)

Become different

c)

Accept protection

d)

Become equal

5.

Racist theories in Australia were used to...

a)

Control people

b)

Attempt to breed out Indigenous heritage

c)

Justify assimilation policies, due to Aboriginal people believed to exist as an inferior race

d)

All of the above

6.

Stolen Children were not sent to

a)

Orphanages

b)

Missions

c)

White families

d)

Trading ships

7.

The NSW Aboriginal Welfare Board was abolished in...

a)

1938

b)

1860

c)

1969

d)

1997

8.

Which Australian was influential in the development of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

a)

Kevin Rudd

b)

Doc Evatt

c)

Julia Gillard

d)

Abel Tasman

9.

Which organ of the UN has 5 permanent members with veto powers?

a)

The General Assembly

b)

The Security Council

c)

The International Court of Justice

d)

The Secretariat