Lesson 2.2.3.1

2.2.3.1 What is meant by human rights? Quiz: OCR Geography, Unit 4

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes basic rights and freedoms to which all human beings are entitled?

    • Sovereignty
    • Human rights
    • Geopolitical norms
    • Civil liberties

  2. What term refers to accepted customs, principles, and standards of behaviour in global society?

    • Norms
    • Interventions
    • Laws
    • Treaties

  3. What term describes actions taken by states or international organisations to force resolution of human rights crises?

    • Bilateral trade
    • Global governance
    • Economic development
    • Geopolitical intervention

  4. Which global term describes the involvement of foreign states in global political affairs and international relations?

    • Supranationalism
    • Geopolitics
    • Sovereignty
    • Globalisation

  5. Which indicator measures the number of women dying from pregnancy-related causes per 100,000 live births?

    • Infant mortality rate
    • Crude death rate
    • Fertility rate
    • Maternal mortality rate

  6. What term describes work performed involuntarily under threat of penalty or coercion?

    • Forced labour
    • Domestic work
    • Child care
    • Bonded credit

  7. What legal punishment involves the judicial execution of a person sentenced to death?

    • Capital punishment
    • Custodial sentence
    • Extrajudicial killing
    • Human trafficking

  8. Which international organisation acts as the primary global institution responsible for protecting human rights?

    • International Monetary Fund
    • United Nations
    • World Trade Organization
    • NATO

  9. A country denies girls equal access to secondary education. Which rights issue does this demonstrate?

    • Forced labour
    • Gender inequality
    • Capital punishment
    • Sovereignty loss

  10. A government deploys peacekeeping troops to prevent mass civilian atrocities. What process is occurring?

    • Military intervention
    • Trade agreement
    • Norm establishment
    • Economic sanction

  11. High prevalence of forced labour in low-income agricultural sectors is primarily driven by which factor?

    • Poverty
    • Universal suffrage
    • High urbanisation
    • Strong legal frameworks

  12. High maternal mortality rates in rural developing regions are most directly caused by lack of what?

    • Secondary education
    • Capital investment
    • Healthcare access
    • Primary internet

  13. The transfer of funds from international bodies to rebuild post-conflict legal systems represents which flow?

    • Flow of money
    • Flow of technology
    • Flow of ideas
    • Flow of people

  14. NGO workers sharing human rights awareness campaigns with local communities represent which type of flow?

    • Flow of workers
    • Flow of ideas
    • Flow of capital
    • Flow of goods

  15. Satellite imagery used by human rights agencies to monitor illegal detention camps represents which intervention flow?

    • Flow of migrants
    • Flow of law
    • Flow of technology
    • Flow of money

  16. Sanctions placed on a government that systematically executes political dissidents target which human rights issue?

    • Educational access
    • Forced labour
    • Capital punishment
    • Gender inequality

  17. Which term describes the emigration of educated professionals from developing nations during human rights crises?

    • Demographic transition
    • Brain drain
    • Economic migration
    • Forced displacement

  18. How can state denial of reproductive health services lead to wider societal conflict?

    • Political consensus
    • Reduced migration
    • Economic surplus
    • Social destabilisation

  19. Which scale of organisation typically implements local community-level human rights strategies alongside international NGOs?

    • Military alliances
    • Transnational corporations
    • Grassroots organisations
    • Supranational unions

  20. Why does unequal economic development across world regions directly exacerbate human rights variations?

    • High institutional trust
    • Weak governance capacity
    • Decreased migration
    • Uniform legal enforcement

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