Human Rights Violations Multiple Choice

Based on these photographs, which action taken by the governments of Chile and Argentina violated the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

• The military targeted political dissidents.

• The military supported Salvador Allende.

• The military was neutral during the coup.

• The military helped political activists.

Based on this political cartoon which statement best describes the author’s point of view?

• Genocide in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur has been stopped.

• Human rights issues are best dealt with by the United Nations.

• The United Nations has not been effective in ending genocide.

• Fear of war crimes trials has brought peace to troubled regions.

In The Quiet Land (by Aung San Suu Kyi) 

In the Quiet Land, no one can tell 

if there’s someone who’s listening 

for secrets they can sell. 

The informers are paid in the blood of the land

and no one dares speak what the tyrants won’t stand. 

In the quiet land of Burma, 

no one laughs and no one thinks out loud. 

In the quiet land of Burma, 

you can hear it in the silence of the crowd.… 

From the NYS Global History and Geography Regents Exam, June 2012.

• oppression

• nonviolence

• illiteracy

• containment

Which empire was responsible for carrying out the Armenian genocide during World War I?

• Ottoman Empire

• British Empire

• Russian Empire

• German Empire

The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo began their protests during (a)   .

• During the Dirty War (1976-1983)
• During World War II
• During the Perón presidency in the
• During the economic crisis of 2001

What is the main idea of this cartoon?

• Fences were built to prevent the spread of illness and suffering.

• The world continues to ignore human rights violations.

• The people of Darfur are reaching out to those suffering in Europe.

• Poverty affects both the people of Darfur and of Europe.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was written in response to

• atrocities committed during World War II

• the burning of Hutu homes in Rwanda

• demands for better treatment of Latin American peasants in Guatemala

• the forced migrations of city people under the rule of the Khmer Rouge

One way in which the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire (1915) and the Tutsis in Rwanda (1994) are similar is that both groups

• sought safe haven in the Soviet Union

• suffered human rights violations

• seceded to create an independent state

• fled to escape a severe flood

The treatment of Christian Armenians in Ottoman Turkey (1915) and the treatment of Bosnian Muslims in the former Yugoslavia (1990s) are examples of

• international relief efforts

• human rights violations

• expansion of voting rights

• government protection of minorities

What is the key idea of this cartoon?

• Genocide in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur has been stopped.

• Human rights issues are best dealt with by the United Nations.

• The United Nations has not been effective in ending genocide.

• Fear of war crimes trials has brought peace to troubled regions.