Lesson 2.2.3.2

2.2.3.2 What are the variations in women's rights? Quiz: OCR Geography, Unit 4

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The 20 questions

  1. Which international treaty was adopted by the UN in 1979 to protect women's rights?

    • UDHR
    • ECHR
    • CEDAW
    • Geneva Convention

  2. Which index measures gender-based disadvantages in reproductive health, empowerment, and the labour market?

    • Gender Inequality Index
    • Human Development Index
    • Happy Planet Index
    • Gender Parity Ratio

  3. Which Sustainable Development Goal specifically focuses on achieving gender equality and empowering all women?

    • SDG 3
    • SDG 1
    • SDG 5
    • SDG 10

  4. Which global region records the highest average Gender Inequality Index score?

    • East Asia
    • Western Europe
    • North America
    • Sub-Saharan Africa

  5. What indicator measures deaths per 100,000 live births to assess women's access to healthcare?

    • Maternal mortality rate
    • Crude birth rate
    • Infant mortality rate
    • Fertility rate

  6. What percentage of parliamentary seats held by women is used as a standard measure of what?

    • Healthcare efficiency
    • Economic growth
    • Female empowerment
    • Educational attainment

  7. In which continent do women hold the highest average proportion of national parliamentary seats?

    • Africa
    • Europe
    • South America
    • Asia

  8. What primary cultural factor often restricts female land ownership in traditional rural societies?

    • Secular legal codes
    • High fertility rates
    • Urban migration
    • Patriarchal inheritance laws

  9. A country has low maternal mortality and high female parliamentary representation. What GII score does it have?

    • Exactly 1.0
    • Negative score
    • Very low
    • Very high

  10. A nation experiences skewed birth sex ratios due to a cultural preference for male offspring. What practice causes this?

    • Forced labour
    • Sex-selective abortion
    • Female genital mutilation
    • Child marriage

  11. If a government introduces legal quotas for women in parliament, which GII component directly improves?

    • Reproductive health
    • Life expectancy
    • Labour force participation
    • Female empowerment

  12. A country with high female primary enrolment but low university graduation shows a gap in what level?

    • Primary education
    • Physical healthcare
    • Higher education
    • Political representation

  13. What harmful traditional practice affecting female bodily integrity is concentrated mostly in parts of Africa?

    • Female genital mutilation
    • Dowry deaths
    • Foot binding
    • Honour killings

  14. How does high female literacy directly contribute to lower total fertility rates in developing nations?

    • Increased contraceptive awareness
    • Decreased life expectancy
    • Lower marriage age
    • Reduced job options

  15. What form of gender-based violence often increases during armed conflicts due to the breakdown of law?

    • Legal land seizure
    • Dowry taxation
    • Forced retirement
    • Conflict-related sexual violence

  16. Why do GII values remain high in some wealthy oil-exporting nations despite high GDP per capita?

    • Lack of schooling
    • Low national population
    • High maternal mortality
    • Low workforce participation

  17. How does urbanisation inside a developing nation generally affect the enforcement of traditional patriarchal customs?

    • Has zero effect
    • Weakens custom enforcement
    • Strengthens custom enforcement
    • Eliminates all discrimination

  18. Which legal mechanism allows nations to sign CEDAW while opting out of specific binding clauses?

    • Judicial immunity
    • Executive vetoes
    • Statutory waivers
    • Formal reservations

  19. What is the main structural barrier preventing women in informal economies from securing bank loans?

    • Age restriction rules
    • Lack of collateral
    • Excessive literacy requirements
    • High tax rates

  20. Which organisation publishes the annual Global Gender Gap Report to track gender parity?

    • World Economic Forum
    • Amnesty International
    • World Bank
    • United Nations

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