Human Rights Quiz

What are human rights?

• Rights given only to certain groups of people

• Rights given to animals

• Rights you have to earn

• Rights you have simply because you're human

How many human rights are listed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

• 30

• 10

• 40

• 20

Who announced that all slaves were free to go after conquering Babylon?

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Hitler

• Cyrus the Great

• Napoleon

Which document is the world's most widely accepted on the subject of human rights?

• Magna Carta

• Napoleonic Code

• Cyrus Cylinder

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Who supervised the agreement on a set of rights that applied to absolutely everyone?

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• Nelson Mandela

• Mahatma Gandhi

What did the young lawyer from India, Mahatma Gandhi, insist on?

• Rights for the wealthy

• Rights for all people of Earth

• Rights only for Europeans

• Rights for animals

Who declared that all men are created equal?

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• Mahatma Gandhi

• King of England

• Napoleon

What was the purpose of the United Nations?

• To dominate the world

• To reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights

• To abolish human rights

• To start wars

Who fought for social justice in the 1990s?

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Nelson Mandela

Where do Universal human rights begin according to Eleanor Roosevelt?

• In small places close to home

• In outer space

• In the ocean

• In large countries