Speak Up, Stop Discrimination, Human Rights Day 2010

1) Before being arrested in 1962 in South Africa for his fight against apartheid, Nelson Mandela became the leader of the:

• A) Lord’s Resistance Army
• B) African National Congress
• C) US Senate
• D) South African military

2) Led by Cesar Chavez, the Mexican-American Farmers Association participated in the __________ demanding wages equal to the federal minimum wage?

• A) Delano grape strike
• B) Montgomery bus boycott
• C) Professional Football Player’s Strike
• D) New York City transit strike

3) Gandhi’s method of resistance during the Indian independence movement involved:

• A) Total non-violence
• B) Mass civil disobedience
• C) Peace
• D) All of the above

4) Rosa Parks is best known for:

• A) Drinking out of “White Only” drinking fountains
• B) Her work towards the abolishment of slavery
• C) Refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a bus
• D) Being the inspiration for an Outkast song

5) Martin Luther King Jr. is the youngest person to receive the ____________ for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent tactics.

• A) Civil Rights Award
• B) Nobel Peace Prize
• C) Gandhi Peace Award
• D) Pulitzer Prize

6) During her time at the United Nations, Eleanor Roosevelt chaired the Commission that drafted and approved what famous document?

• A) Declaration of Independence
• B) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• C) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• D) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

7) Desmond Tutu has fought against:

• A) Apartheid
• B) Racism
• C) Homophobia
• D) All of the above

8) Why was Raul Hernandez imprisoned for more than two years?

• A) For his fight for indigenous rights
• B) His religion
• C) The alleged murder of Alejandro Feliciano Garcia
• D) Violent protesting and rioting

9) Human rights activist Shirin Ebadi was the first woman in Iran:

• A) To graduate from law school
• B) To receive a Nobel Peace Prize
• C) To serve as a judge
• D) Both B and C

10) The possibility of an anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda that would sentence some homosexuals to life in prison or death, spurred this human rights activist to speak up:

• A) Val Kalende
• B) Graça Machel
• C) Angelina Jolie
• D) Wangari Maathai

11) Juan Carlos Gonzalez Levia suffers from what disability, yet still continues in his fight for the rights of people with disabilities and other human rights violations?

• A) Blindness
• B) Paralysis
• C) Asperger Syndrome
• D) Learning disabilities

12) As a child, Nkosi Johnson made a powerful impact on public perceptions of the _____ pandemic.

• A) Flu
• B) Malaria
• C) Leprosy
• D) HIV/AIDS

13) Patricia Troncoso maintained a 112-day hunger strike, demanding what?

• A) Rights of prisoners and detainees
• B) Indigenous rights
• C) Women’s rights
• D) A and B