Quiz 20a - Human Rights

The following is a quiz about the Human Rights and Human Right Violations.

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1 The caste system in India was characterized by

	toleration for various religious beliefs
	equality between men and women
	a lack of social mobility
	the right of people to choose their occupations

2 During the Presidency of Mikhail Gorbachev, which problem faced the Soviet Union?

	Ethnic minorities demanded the right of self-determination.
	Agricultural production grew faster than food consumption.
	The nations of Eastern Europe insisted that the Soviet Union keep troops in Eastern Europe.
	Western European nations refused to trade with the Soviet Union.

3 Which statement is most characteristic of totalitarian governments?

	Local media report a variety of opinions concerning government policies.
	The judiciary is independent of the executive branch of government.
	Human rights are constitutionally guaranteed for all people.
	Loyalty is measured by the extent to which a person agrees with government policy.

4 Which statement best characterizes the rule of Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union?

	Basic human rights were denied.
	Free enterprise replaced a command economy
	Democratic reforms were carried out.
	Ownership of farms was returned to individual farmers.

5 The Nuremberg Trials are considered an important event in the 20th century because they

	brought an end to genocide
	established principles of responsibility for human rights violation
	condemned the use of nuclear weapons
	ruled on provisions for the postwar occupation of Germany

6 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
	human rights violations
	liberation theology
	universal suffrage

7 The Armenian massacre, the Holocaust, and the Rape of Nanking are examples of

	appeasement policies
	resistance movements
	human rights violations
	Russification efforts

8 One similarity between the pogroms in Russia and the Nazi Holocaust is that both

	violated the human rights of Jews
	expanded the power of labor unions
	limited the powers of European rulers
	prohibited government censorship

9 Which is a belief shared by totalitarian governments?

	Written constitutions and free elections are necessary for the proper functioning of society.
	The rights of dissenters must be respected.
	Human rights should be guaranteed to all citizens.
	The requirements of the state are more important than the rights of individuals.

10 "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

11 "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

12 According to John Locke, the purpose of government is to

	protect the natural rights of individuals
	serve the monarch
	create overseas settlements
	stimulate the economy

13 Pol Pot, Joseph Stalin, and Slobodan Milosevic were similar in that each leader supported actions that

	modernized their economies
	introduced democratic ideas
	supported minority rights
	violated human rights

14 Genocide in Rwanda, apartheid in South Africa, and labor camps for dissidents in the Soviet Union are all examples of

	war crimes
	acts of international terrorism
	violations of human rights
	civil disobedience

15 The writings of the Enlightenment philosophers in Europe encouraged later political revolution with their support of

	socialism
	imperialism
	the natural rights of man
	the divine right monarchies