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Human Rights
Yr 9 End of Year Exam Revision
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who are entitled to Human Rights? | Everyone |
| What is one of our four basic freedoms? | Freedom of Expression |
| What is one of our four basic freedoms? | Freedom from Fear |
| What is one of our four basic freedoms? | Freedom of Worship |
| What is one of our four basic freedoms? | Freedom from Want, |
| How many Human Rights are in the Universal Declaration? | 30 |
| What is a Law that decreed in 1215 AD that no one can overrule the rights of the people, not even the king? | The Magna Carta |
| Who was the young lawyer born in 1915 who led India in protests against the British Empire? | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Who exterminated half the Jewish population during World War II? | Adolf Hitler |
| In what year was the United Nations formed? | 1945 |
| Approximately how many children are dying of starvation everyday? | 16,000 (1 every 5 seconds) |
| What reason is given for why there are still countries who do not follow the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? | It is not a law |
| Name at least 3 people who have been influential in the fight for Human Rights. | Ghandi; Eleanor Roosevelt; Martin Luther King, Jr; Nelson Mandela |
| Explain the term ‘ethnic cleansing’. | The mass expulsion or killing of members of one ethnic or religious group in an area by those of another. |
| Explain the term, ‘internally displaced’. | Someone who is forced to flee his or her home but who remains within his or her country's borders. |