Womack/Behar

English 2

Name____________

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

http://www.youthforhumanrights.org/

1. In your own words, what are human rights?

2. According to the video, what are human rights?

3. According to the United Nations, how many human rights are there?
4.

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Who is the first man given credit for granting human rights? ________________

5. After America, which was the next country to grant rights? ________________
6. The Roman term Natural Law was changed to what other term? ________________
7. Who is the person from India who helped champion human rights? ________________
8. How many people died between World War 1 and World War 2? ________________
9. In what year was the United Nations formed? ________________
10. In what year was The Universal Declaration of Human Rights founded? ________________
11. How many children die of starvation every day? ________________
12. Approximately how many adults are unable to read? ________________
13. How many people are slaves today? ________________
14. After viewing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, write the three that you believe are
most important and include a brief explanation for your selection.
1st _______________ - Reason:________________________________________________________
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2nd _______________ - Reason:_______________________________________________________
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3rd _______________ - Reason:________________________________________________________
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15. According to the Genocidal Acts of the Twentieth Century, how many total people have been
killed?

16. Reflections: