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What is the main critique of the Western, liberal notion of human rights? |
| | A) | It places too much emphasis on community. |
| | B) | It elevates individual rights over all other types of rights. |
| | C) | It is overly concerned with economic and social rights, at the expense of civil and political rights. |
| | D) | It stresses cultural relativism over universality. |
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The United Nations and other international forums related to human rights issues have been limited by the |
| | A) | power of NGOs that have prevented human rights issues from being discussed. |
| | B) | absence of organizations and assemblies in which to discuss the problems of human rights. |
| | C) | interest of various competing disadvantaged groups, such as women, racial minorities, and children. |
| | D) | political selectivity and domestic political concerns within states. |
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Which group is still considered a minority because it lacks political and economic power, despite the fact that it constitutes fifty percent of the world's population? |
| | A) | women. |
| | B) | children. |
| | C) | immigrants and refugees. |
| | D) | indigenous peoples. |
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Which country has yet to sign the treaty that resulted from the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the grounds that it may prohibit criminals under the age of 18 from being executed? |
| | A) | France. |
| | B) | Canada. |
| | C) | Germany. |
| | D) | The United States. |
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According to the text, which of the following is not one cause of the international food problem? |
| | A) | population growth. |
| | B) | maldistribution of food. |
| | C) | nutritional deficiency. |
| | D) | political stability. |
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When a country with a poor human rights record, such as China, signs a human rights treaty, |
| | A) | the policy is guaranteed to be implemented domestically. |
| | B) | it demonstrates the effectiveness of U.S. economic sanctions as a way to enforce human rights. |
| | C) | it is evidence of the impact of global norms on Chinese practices. |
| | D) | it indicates the willingness of China to end abuses. |
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All of the following have been common international responses to the food problem except |
| | A) | emergency food aid. |
| | B) | agricultural development. |
| | C) | economic sanctions. |
| | D) | world food conferences. |
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There is a major disagreement between Western cultures and non-Western cultures as to what constitutes human rights. |
| | A) | True. |
| | B) | False. |
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Negative rights include those basic necessities that a society and its government are arguably obligated to provide as best they can in order to assure certain qualitative standards of life for everyone in the community. |
| | A) | True. |
| | B) | False. |
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To measure a country's comprehensive wealth, green accounting is used and takes into account overall and per capita GNP, human capital, and natural capital. |
| | A) | True. |
| | B) | False. |
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