The United Nations

What is the United Nations?

• The United States, United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates combined

• The original name for the United Kingdom

• The three top-winning nations during an Olympiad

• An international organization that promotes world peace

• The five most powerful countries in the world

The first known document to assert individual rights was written in the year 1215 and was called:

• The Right to Live

• The Magna Chart for Human Rights

• The Magna Carta

• The Basic Rights of Man

• The Constitution

What world situation preceded and led to the creation and establishment of the United Nations:

• The Berlin Wall was built

• The Vietnam War

• World War II

• World War I

• The Korean War

As the chair of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, Eleanor Roosevelt was the driving force in creating The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

• True

• False

What is the name of the document that lists the 30 human rights?

• The Human Rights Declaration

• The Human Rights Declaration for Mankind

• The Universal Acknowledgement of Rights for All

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• The Bible

The word equal means:

• Being of the same opinion as another

• Having a visa which is valid in two different countries

• A person who was born of parents from two distinct ethnic backgrounds

• Having the same status, rights or opportunities as another or others

The word discrimination means:

• The process by which a criminal is made honest and productive

• The removal of hard seeds from certain fruits

• Spreading false information about another

• An unfair difference in treatment; denying equal rights to certain groups of people

The word slavery means:

• A worn out feeling in the muscles if they are overused

• Forcing children to eat healthy dishes they are not fond of

• A system wherein the entire family divides up the housework between them

• A system involving force to make people work, usually for very little or no pay

The word torture means:

• Accidentally falling down a flight of stairs

• A French word meaning to purposely act more sad or upset than you actually are

• Purposely causing extreme pain to someone, usually for punishment, persuasion or discrimination

• Forcing someone to do think the same way that you do

The word violation means:

• A quiet meeting to discuss plans for justice

• The confessing of crimes committed

• A breaking of a law, rule, agreement, promise, etc.

• The removal of one string of a violin to alter its sound