Your personal satisfaction (or dissatisfaction) with the conditions under which you live.
100
When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed?
December 10th, 1948.
100
How many principles does the Declaration of the Rights of the Child consist of?
10
100
Define slavery.
When people are forced into doing labour and are treated as property to be bought and sold.
100
Which activist was most popular for his "I Have A Dream" speech?
Martin Luther King Jr.
200
Who was the young girl that started the Lady Bug Foundation, from Winnipeg?
Hannah Taylor
200
What events occurred that brought Human Rights to be acknowledged as a global concern?
World War I and II. Holocaust. Any event where people suffered because human rights were being violated.
200
Why are children often the most vulnerable members of society and frequently the first to suffer during times of war?
They may lose the protection of caring adults, may not be able to find nutritious food, and may be unable to escape danger.
200
What is the definition of the "golden rule"?
Treat others as you wish to be treated.
200
Who was the chair of the Commission on Human Rights?
Eleanor Roosevelt
300
Give an example of a group in Manitoba that is working towards improving people's quality of life.
Shiloam Mission, Winnipeg Harvest, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, etc.
300
What does it mean for human rights to be UNIVERSAL?
They apply to ALL people regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, etc.
300
What are two organizations set up to help children who experience war?
War Child Canada and The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
300
Define discrimination.
Treating someone differently because that person belongs to a certain group. It is an action; it is what we do.
300
Which activist said, "Be the change you want to see in the world" ?
Mahatma Gandhi
400
According to Decaration #29 in the UDHR, the law should guarantee human rights. True or false?
True.
400
Name three of the six different categories of human rights.
Political, civil, equality, economic, social, cultural
400
Is "Children shall be entitled from birth to a name and a nationality" a right for children?
Yes.
400
Define prejudice.
Prejudging an individual on the basis of characteristics assumed to apply to all members of that individual's group. It is an attitude; it is how we feel.
400
Which activist was sentenced to life imprisonement and then became South Africa's first black President?
Nelson Mandela
500
In what year did Canada amalgamate and expand the 1960 Bill of Rights? What was it called?
1982. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
500
What are the three key principles that the UDHR is founded on?
Human rights are inalienable,no one can take them away from you, indivisible, you can't be entitled to some and denied others, and interdependent, they all work together.
500
Name a right from the Declaration of the Rights of the Child.
(Textbook)
500
Define genocide.
The systematic killing of an entire group of people. People are killed not because they are seen as belonging to a certain group.
500
Which activist fought for the rights of agricultural workers?