Question 1

One of the first examples of a codification of laws that contain references to individual rights is the tablet of&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;...&#10;A)hammurabi&#10;B)socrates&#10;C)plato&#10;D)thomas hobbes

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The tablet of Hammurabi, known as the Code of Hammurabi, is one of the earliest and most complete written legal codes and dates back to about 1754 BC. It established laws covering various aspects of community life, including individual rights, and set out specific punishments for specific crimes, indicating an early form of the rule of law.

Question 2

British Magna Carta was in the year&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)1212&#10;B)1213&#10;C)1215&#10;D)1325

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The Magna Carta, a foundational document in the history of democracy and the rule of law, was signed in the year 1215.

Question 3

French Declaration of the Rights of Man was in the year&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..&#10;A)1669&#10;B)1678&#10;C)1689&#10;D)1789

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The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was adopted in 1789, during the French Revolution.

Question 4

American Bill of Rights, &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.&#10;A)1779&#10;B)1789&#10;C)1798&#10;D)1879

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The American Bill of Rights was introduced in 1789 and later ratified in 1791.

Question 5

&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; came up with the 'social contract theory', that stated that all individuals in a society had entered into a contract to form a civilized society in exchange for the government giving them equality.&#10;A)rousseau&#10;B)immanuel kant&#10;C)john stuart mill&#10;D)aristotle

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau is most closely associated with the social contract theory, which posits that individuals consent, either explicitly or tacitly, to surrender some of their freedoms and submit to the authority of the ruler (or to the decision of a majority) in exchange for protection of their remaining rights.

Question 6

In his book 'On Liberty', &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;strongly disagrees with utilitarianism, and sees it as a type of tyranny by the majority.&#10;A)james mill&#10;B)karl marx&#10;C)friedrich engels&#10;D)ronald dworkin

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The answer of In his book 'On Liberty', &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;strongly disagrees...

Question 7

Madam Justice &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.was appointed in 1996 by the United Nations Security Council to be the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia and Rwanda.&#10;A)louise arbour&#10;B)john rawls&#10;C)jean kambanda&#10;D)james mill

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Louise Arbour was appointed in 1996 by the United Nations Security Council as the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

Question 8

&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;was able to successfully arrest and convict Jean Kambanda, then prime minister of Rwanda, for his role in the genocides in 1994.&#10;A)judge arbour&#10;B)john rawls&#10;C)james mill&#10;D)jean kambanda

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Judge Arbour was involved in the international legal efforts that led to the arrest and conviction of Jean Kambanda for his role in the Rwandan genocide. As a key figure in international law, Arbour's work contributed significantly to bringing justice in the aftermath of the genocide.

Question 9

&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India to Hindu parents.&#10;A)mahatma gandhi&#10;B)thomas paine&#10;C)john stuart mill&#10;D)g.w.f. hegel

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Mahatma Gandhi, a prominent leader in the Indian independence movement against British rule, was indeed born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, India, to Hindu parents.

Question 10

&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. had an arranged marriage with Kasturbai Makani, when both of them were 13 years old.&#10;A)john stuart mill&#10;B)thomas paine&#10;C)mahatma gandhi&#10;D)g.w.f. hegel

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Mahatma Gandhi had an arranged marriage with Kasturbai Makani when they were both 13 years old, following the customs of their region and era in India.

Question 11

&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. sailed to South Africa as part of his work for a Muslim legal firm, where he experiences discrimination first hand, and worked to improve the rights of immigrant Indians.&#10;A)mahatma gandhi&#10;B)martin luther king jr&#10;C)francisco de vitoria&#10;D)bartolom&#233; de las casas.

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The answer of &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. sailed to South Africa as part...

Question 12

In January 1948,&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. was tragically killed by an assassin opposed to his belief in passive resistance, and tolerance of all people.&#10;A)mahatma gandhi&#10;B)martin luther king jr&#10;C)francisco de vitoria&#10;D)bartolom&#233; de las casas.

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The answer of In January 1948,&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. was tragically killed by...

Question 13

Martin Luther King Jr.was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement in &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; during the mid 20th century.&#10;A)america&#10;B)south africa&#10;C)soviet union&#10;D)yugoslavia

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The answer of Martin Luther King Jr.was the leader of...

Question 14

&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;was elected leader of the Montgomery Improvement Association, which boycotted the transit system in Alabama to combat racial segregation.&#10;A)martin luther king jr&#10;B)karl marx&#10;C)francisco de vitoria&#10;D)bartolom&#233; de las casas.

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The answer of &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;was elected leader of the Montgomery Improvement...

Question 15

Martin Luther King Jr organized the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to publicize the need for civil rights in&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.&#10;A)america&#10;B)britain&#10;C)spain&#10;D)china

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The answer of Martin Luther King Jr organized the Southern...

Question 16

Martin Luther King Jr was also instrumental in bringing forth the passage of the Civil Rights Act in &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..&#10;A)1934&#10;B)1939&#10;C)1954&#10;D)1964

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The answer of Martin Luther King Jr was also instrumental...

Question 17

&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. was a member of the Royal Irish Academy and the International Commission of Jurists in Geneva from 1987 to 1990.&#10;A)francisco de vitoria&#10;B)friedrich nietzsche&#10;C)mary robinson&#10;D)bartolom&#233; de las casas.

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The answer of &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. was a member of the Royal...

Question 18

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president of &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..&#10;A)america&#10;B)britain&#10;C)india&#10;D)china

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The answer of Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president of...

Question 19

Eleanor Roosevelt was First Lady from 1933 to 1945, wife to &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)bartolom&#233; de las casas.&#10;B)m. robinson&#10;C)francisco de vitoria&#10;D)franklin d. roosevelt

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The answer of Eleanor Roosevelt was First Lady from 1933...

Question 20

Aung San Suu Kyi was born in&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.&#10;A)japan&#10;B)malaya&#10;C)indonesia&#10;D)burma

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The answer of Aung San Suu Kyi was born in&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.&#10;A)japan&#10;B)malaya&#10;C)indonesia&#10;D)burma...

Question 21

Aung San Suu Kyi's father was the de facto prime minister of&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;., and was murdered when she was two years old.&#10;A)burma&#10;B)malaya&#10;C)indonesia&#10;D)japan

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The answer of Aung San Suu Kyi's father was the...

Question 22

Horrified by the brutal atrocities commited by the military leader Ne Win against protesters, ……………..formed the National League for Democracy, advocating non violent protest for human rights.

A)aung san suu kyi
B)charles blattberg
C)alain pellet
D)alain de benoist

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The answer of Horrified by the brutal atrocities commited by...

Question 23

The atrocities of The Holocaust, culminated in the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in ................by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948.&#10;A)paris&#10;B)delhi&#10;C)dhaka&#10;D)islamabad

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The answer of The atrocities of The Holocaust, culminated in...

Question 24

The term human rights probably came into use sometime between Paine's The Rights of Man and ................ 1831 writings in The Liberator, in which he stated that he was trying to enlist his readers in "the great cause of human rights".

A)william lloyd garrison's
B)jeremy bentham
C)edmund burke
D)david kennedy

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The answer of The term human rights probably came into...

Question 25

William Wilberforce in ................worked towards the abolition of slavery.&#10;A)britain&#10;B)america&#10;C)china&#10;D)japan

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The answer of William Wilberforce in ................worked towards the abolition...

Deck 3: Historical Figures and Events in the Development of Individual Rights and Civil Rights Movements