UDHR Human Rights
Vocabulary
The Wave
The 6 Genocides
Experiments
100

Which article in the UDHR says that nobody should be held as a slave?

Article 4

100

Racism can be defined as what?

The belief, action, or institutional structure that treats people unfairly due to race, ethnicity, and or skin color

100

What was Ben Ross's class being taught when the wave began?

The class was learning about the Holocaust.

100

Around 6 million Jewish people were killed and imprisoned during what genocide?

The Holocaust

100

In this experiment, people were shown ads saying that participants would be payed $15 a day for 1-2 weeks. The people who participated were split up into two different groups; Prisoners, and Guards. 

The Zimbardo experiment

200
"Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person"

Article 3

200

What is the meaning of the word "Genocide"?

The attack on a specific group of people based on a person's (or group's) specific hatred towards the targeted group. 

200

What was the name of the person who created The Wave?

Ben Ross

200

Hutu extremist militias slaughtered 800,000 to 1 million Tutsis in this genocide

The Rwanda genocide

200

In this experiment, high school students were told that they must follow a strict set of rules in their class. eventually this was picked up by the whole school and the experiment got out of hand and needed to be stopped by the teacher who started it in the first place.

The Wave experiment

300

Which article from the UDHR says that all humans are born free and equal in dignity and rights?

Article 1

300

A group of people who identify themselves with each other based on shared, or inherited attributes, that distinguishes them from other groups is what?

An Ethnic Group

300

For how long did the wave experiment last?

For 5 school days

300

1.5 to 2 million people perished through executions, forced labor, and starvation during this genocide

The Cambodia genocide

300

In this experiment, people were asked to deliver "shocks" to a person who happened to have been an actor. The person delivering the shocks was asked to have the actor respond with the correct set of words and if the actor did not, then the person delivering the shocks would move to a higher voltage.

The Milgram experiment

400

This article from the UDHR says that everyone has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.

Article 22

400

diverse groups of people all living together in one single society is what?

Multiculturalism

400

What did David Collins do to Laurie Saunders that made him realize that the wave was dangerous?

David pushed Laurie to the ground

400

8,000 men and boys were targeted and killed and thousands of others were subjected to "Ethnic Clensing"

The Bosnia genocide

400

In this experiment, students in a class were split up and put in two different groups based on their eye colors. One day the teacher told the students that they were allowed to go out to recess because of their eye color, where as the other group was told to stay inside, causing the group that was allowed outside to feel superior to the group that was forced to be inside. The next day the teacher told the students that were inside the day before that they were allowed outside instead of the group that was allowed to be outside the day before. This caused the group from the day before that was supposed to be inside feel more superior then the group that was outside the day before.

The Blue eyes/ Brown eyes experiment

500

"Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized." What article from the UDHR is this?

Article 28

500

The fear, dislike, or prejudice against people perceived as foreign or strange is an example of what?

Xenophobia

500

Why did people inside and outside the school think that the wave was a bad thing?

Because it "rapidly eroded their individuality, toxic groupthink, and mirrored the horrors of fascism"
500

300,000 - 3,000,000 people killed and 200,000 - 400,000 Bangladesh women were raped in what genocide?

The Bangladesh genocide

500
In this experiment, children observed an adults violent behavior, causing the children to become aggressive and violent because of what they were seeing. What experiment was this?

The Bobo doll experiment

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