Deck 13: The Promotion of Human Development and Human Rights

Question 1

Ethnocentrism has often been used as a rationale for committing genocide.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Human rights are the political rights and civil liberties recognized by the international community as something intrinsic to all individuals regardless of the country they live in.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

One entity that has taken on an important role in promoting and investigating issues concerning human rights is NGOs.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The "Third Way" refers to a strategy that combines the efficiency of a free market system with governmental economic planning and regulation in an effort to produce the greatest good for the greatest number.

Question 5

The poorest fifth of the global population produces and consumes only 2 percent of the world's goods and services.

Question 6

Humanitarian intervention does not infringe on state sovereignty.

Question 7

In the Global South

A) life expectancy averages sixty-seven years.
B) infant mortality rates are the highest in the world.
C) agriculture remains the dominant form of productive activity.
D) most people live in rural areas.
E) all of the above are true.

Question 8

Because human rights have been enumerated in a variety of multilateral treaties, it is very easy to monitor and punish the violation of these rights.

Question 9

Intraregional and domestic human trafficking is far more common than international human trafficking.

Question 10

Oftentimes females are the perpetrators as well as the victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation.

Question 11

Most indigenous groups around the world use violence to achieve their objective of devolution.

Question 12

The Human Development Index measures states' comparative ability to provide for their citizen's well-being.

Question 13

Life expectancy averages sixty-seven years in the Global North.

Question 14

Human trafficking is second only to drug trafficking as one of the most lucrative global criminal activities.

Question 15

Three groups for whom respect for human rights remains problematic are the elderly, indigenous peoples, and the disabled.

Question 16

The World Bank measures extreme poverty as having an income of __________ .

A) $1.25 or less per day
B) $5 per day
C) $20 per day
D) $100 per day
E) $10,000 per year

Question 17

There is now general consensus that ethics and morality play an important part in international relations.

Question 18

People generally agree that globalization will solve the problem of chronic poverty.

Question 19

The political and civil liberties recognized by international law as inalienable and valid for individuals in all countries by virtue of their humanity are _________ .

A) legal status
B) jus cogens
C) human rights
D) social needs
E) life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Question 20

Sanctuaries are safe places to live where human rights are safeguarded and persecuted peoples can live in peace.

Question 21

Describe how each theory (realism, liberalism, and constructivism) treats the individual.

Question 22

What is the Third Way, and what is its advantage over the trickle-down hypothesis?

Question 23

One example of indigenous peoples who have successfully obtained local self-governance is __________ .

A) the Chechens in Russia
B) the Albanians in Italy
C) the Miskitos in Nicaragua
D) the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia
E) The Kurds in Turkey

Question 24

What are the five categories of human rights?

Question 25

__________ percent of the population of Peru is composed of indigenous peoples.

A) Forty-eight
B) Sixty-two
C) Seventy-five
D) Thirteen
E) Twenty

Question 26

Women account for _____ of parliamentary/legislative positions in developed democratic countries.

A) 10 percent
B) 18 percent
C) 22 percent
D) 27 percent
E) 32 percent

Question 27

Which of the following is NOT a part of the five categories of human rights?

A) Rights of the person
B) Political rights
C) Right of return
D) Economic and social rights
E) Rights of communities

Question 28

A measure of development based on life expectancy, literacy, education, and income is called the ________.

Question 29

Which international declaration establishes a broad range of civil and political rights, including freedom of assembly, freedom of thought and expression, the right to participate in government, and social and economic rights?

A) International Covenant on Economic and Civil Rights
B) Universal Covenant of Civil, Social and Cultural Rights
C) The United Nations Charter
D) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
E) International Declaration of Human, Civil and Political Rights

Question 30

The use of peacekeeping forces by foreign states or international organizations to protect endangered people from gross violations of human rights is called _______.

A) peacekeeping
B) humanitarian intervention
C) coercion
D) diplomatic intervention
E) invasion

Question 31

Relativists reject the promotion and enforcement of human rights by the global community because

A) it comes at the expense of national interests.
B) it is seen as a form of moral imperialism.
C) it is an unwarranted intrusion into the affairs of others.
D) it infringes upon the principle of state sovereignty.
E) it is seen as an unnecessary, even dangerous extravagance.

Question 32

The three groups for whom respect for human rights remains particularly problematic are __________.

A) Kurds, Jews, and children
B) Children, indigenous peoples, and women
C) Indigenous peoples, Turks, and women
D) Women, Jews, and Tutsi of Rwanda
E) Cambodians of the Khmer Rouge, Kurds, and Tutsi of Rwanda

Question 33

The basic human rights established in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) include which of the following?

A) The right to survival
B) To develop to the fullest
C) To protection from harmful influences, abuse, and exploitation
D) To participate fully in family, cultural, and social life
E) All of the above are protections of the CRC.

Question 34

The primary intergovernmental organization for evaluating and making recommendations regarding human rights abuses is the __________ .

A) United Nations
B) Human Rights Council (HRC)
C) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
D) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
E) All of the above are true.

Question 35

Devolution refers to

A) the breakdown of civil society leading to a failed state.
B) the disintegration of a supranational organization.
C) deliberate transfer of powers held by a central government to regional or non-state bodies to increase local self-government.
D) the extermination of an ethnic minority group by the state.
E) None of the above is true.

Question 36

Which of the following is NOT true of gender inequalities?

A) Women have less access to advanced study.
B) The gender gap in the Global South is greater than the gap in the Global North.
C) The gender gap in the Global North has been eliminated.
D) Women receive less pay than men for the same work.
E) All of the above are true regarding gender inequalities.

Question 37

Which of the following is NOT an example of an attempted genocide?

A) Palestinians by Israel
B) Tutsi of Rwanda by the Hutu
C) Jews by Hitler
D) Armenians by the Turks
E) Cambodians by the Khmer Rouge

Question 38

Studies show when women are educated and can earn and control their income,

A) infant mortality declines.
B) child health and nutrition improve.
C) cycles of poverty are broken.
D) population growth slows.
E) All of the above are true.

Question 39

The deliberate extermination of an ethnic or minority group is known as _______________.

Question 40

A propensity to see one's nationality or state as the center of the world and ridiculing the values and perspectives of other groups is known as ____________________.

Question 41

How a state treats its own citizens used to be its own business. Now, members of the international community are claiming that the humane treatment of individuals is fundamental to human rights. Are there such things as universal human rights? What should they include? Why do you think the United States hasn't ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights?

Question 42

Discuss the plight and persecution of indigenous peoples worldwide. What triggered the creation of the word genocide? What do devolution, racism, and sanctuary have to do with the persecution of indigenous peoples?

Question 43

Discuss gender inequality worldwide. Include gendercide and gender myopia. Why is it difficult to protect women's rights?

Question 44

Discuss the condition of children around the world. Describe some of the ways their human rights are violated? How does armed conflict affect children? Describe global efforts to protect children.

Question 45

Gross national product, per capita GNP, and their growth rates are the measures traditionally used to assess development. What are the limitations of these measures? How does the human development index (HDI) measure development? How does this give us a better understanding of how the people are faring?

Question 46

Southern Asia, the Middle East, and sub-Saharan Africa are the regions that contain the most prevalent examples of___________________ .

Question 47

Compare and contrast the traditional realist view of national security and the liberal view of human security. Are these two views always in contradiction to each other or could they be complimentary? In your opinion, which view of security should be paramount?