Practice Quiz: Chapter 09

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. Which of the following is NOT a value of contemporary human rights?

Principle of equality and non-discrimination correct incorrect

Principle of individual liberty correct incorrect

Principle of national partiality correct incorrect

Principle of private property rights correct incorrect

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. What is a trophy law?

A law created just for show correct incorrect

A law created to regulate how awards work correct incorrect

A law created to manage how trophies are manufactured correct incorrect

A law that has been selected as the best law of the year correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT considered part of the basic structure of human rights?

Family correct incorrect

Social services correct incorrect

Armed forces correct incorrect

Multinational corporations correct incorrect

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. What is an example of a first-generation human right?

Right to form a union correct incorrect

Right to basic education correct incorrect

Right to hold private property correct incorrect

Right to environmental protection correct incorrect

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. What is an example of a second-generation human right?

Right to basic health care correct incorrect

Right to political participation correct incorrect

Right to clean air correct incorrect

Right to affirmative action hiring programs correct incorrect

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. What is an example of a third-generation human right?

Right to life and security correct incorrect

Right to material subsistence correct incorrect

Right to democracy correct incorrect

Right to basic due process protections correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT a global human rights treaty?

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) correct incorrect

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) correct incorrect

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) correct incorrect

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) correct incorrect

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. What tool did the international community employ to deal with the Serbian government when it engaged in ethnic cleansing in the late 1990s?

Diplomacy correct incorrect

International law correct incorrect

Force correct incorrect

Sanctions correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT a vital function performed by international human rights NGOs?

Impose economic sanctions directly on countries with poor human rights records correct incorrect

Call public, media, and government attention to important human rights issues correct incorrect

Help educate people about their causes via the Internet, TV programs, and articles correct incorrect

Provide a means for well-meaning governments to indirectly tackle certain issues correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT one of the main areas of focus for improving human rights for women?

Education correct incorrect

Corporate governance correct incorrect

Workplace correct incorrect

Sex and reproduction correct incorrect

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. The contemporary human rights movement was powerfully motivated by the Holocaust.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a legal document that all countries must respect.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Legal rights are also always morally correct.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Intentional violations of human rights occur when institutions want to respect human rights, but cannot because they lack the necessary resources.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. One of the most interesting and important third-generation rights is the right to democracy.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Each of the world's major regions has its own regional human rights document.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Few countries are willing to take harsh measures with China when it comes to human rights.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. The global population of Indigenous peoples stands at just over 370 million.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Human rights NGOs only apply pressure on national governments.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. In the developing world, girls are supported to learn skills and gain knowledge that will improve their earning power later in life.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. In the developing world, girls are supported to learn skills and gain knowledge that will improve their earning power later in life.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect