“There is no such thing as impartial history. All written history is partial in two senses." Who said this ?
Howard Zinn
100
Rights are generally more "culturally specific" in non-western states than here.
Western states.
100
The subjugation of one people by another through destruction and/or weakening of basic institutions of the subjugated culture and replacing them with those of the dominant culture
What is colonization
100
These are the "first generation" of rights
What are civil and political rights
100
Marjorie Cohn explains that this country is hypocritical when it comes to human rights
What is the USA
200
This is a product of globalization, the spread of dominant European and American practices
Westernization/Americanization
200
A construction of the OTHER (individual, group, race, nation, state, civilization, etc.) as inferior.
What is orientalism
200
Many Native Americans in Central America died due to this disease
What is smallpox
200
The right to take part in political life is an example of a ____ right.
What is a first generation right.
200
This is the debated 4th generation rights
Disturbing results of biological research and of the question of genetic identity.
300
Many believe that selfishness is a fundamental aspect of this. Zinn disagrees with this view.
What is human nature
300
The idea that international human rights like rights to equal protection, physical security, free speech, freedom of religion and free association are and must be the same everywhere.
What is universalism.
300
On Columbus Day, many dressed in bright 'Indian' costumes, to mourn the deaths of millions of 'Indians' in the 500 years since the Spanish arrived in the New World, in this city/location.
Mexico City, Mexico
300
These are "positive" rights
What are economic, social and cultural rights.
Freedom for something.
300
This was formed by several countries in 1945 to promote peace and human rights.
What is the United Nations
400
What do game shows like Survivor help prove?
Human nature: That human's are naturally aggressive
400
Refers to the concept that all cultures are equal and universal values become secondary when examining cultural norms.
What is cultural relativism
400
The movement of peoples, cultures, technologies, plants, animals, diseases and other things between Europe and North America in the wake of Columbus’s voyages
What is the Columbian Exchange
400
These are negative rights
Freedom from something, generally first generation rights
400
Columbus reached the New World on this day
October 12, 1492
500
What is the first internationally agreed human rights document?
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
500
A construction of the SELF (individual, group, race, nation, state, civilization, etc.) as superior.
A viewpoint emphasizing absolute and permanent superiority of the Western Civilization over all other civilizations.
Eurocentrism
500
This statue had to be moved. Originally the statue had a life-size Native scout at its base, a stoic-looking man in a kneeling position with a finger guiding the way
northward to Québec.
What is the statue of Samuel de Champlain, overlooks Ottawa River and Gatineau
500
Collective rights, like the right to a clean environment is an example of a ____ right.
What is a third generation right or a solidarity right.
500
What is the widespread human tendency to perceive the ways of doing things and beliefs about things in one’s culture as normal and natural and that of others as strange, inferior, and possibly un-natural. One’s own culture is superior, the best and others are inferior
Ethnocentrism
It's kind of a combination of both eurocentrism and orientalism.