4. Issues of Human Rights

Question 1

Censorship

Answer 1

The practice of suppressing and limiting access to materials considered obscene, offensive or a threat to security. People may also be restricted in their speech by censorship laws.

Question 2

Discrimination

Answer 2

Acts of treating groups of people, or individuals differently, based on prejudice.

Question 3

Extremism

Answer 3

Believing in and supporting ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable.

Question 4

Human Rights

Answer 4

The basic entitlements of all human beings, afforded to them simply because they are human. An example of human rights as stated in the Declaration of Human Rights is that all people should receive an education.

Question 5

Personal Conviction

Answer 5

Something a person strongly feels or believes in.

Question 6

Prejudice

Answer 6

Pre- judging; judging people to be inferior or superior without cause.

Question 7

Relative Poverty

Answer 7

A standard of poverty measured in relation to the the standards of a society in which a person lives, for example, living on less than x% of average UK income.

Question 8

Absolute Poverty

Answer 8

An acute state of deprivation, whereby a person cannot access the most basic of their human needs.

Question 9

Social Justice

Answer 9

Promoting a fair society by challenging injustice and valuing diversity. Ensuring that everyone has equal access to provisions, equal opportunities and rights.

Question 10

Article 1 of UDoHR [UN]

Answer 10

‘All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights’.

Question 11

Dignity

Answer 11

Being worthy of honour or respect.

Question 12

Empowerment

Answer 12

Authority or power given to someone to do something.

Question 13

Oppressed

Answer 13

Governed or treated with cruelty or injustice.

Question 14

Anti-Semetic

Answer 14

Hostile or prejudiced against Jews.

Question 15

Islamophobic

Answer 15

Hostile or prejudiced against Muslims.

Question 16

Mission

Answer 16

Calling of a religious organisation to go out into the world and spread its faith.

Question 17

Evangelise

Answer 17

To try to convert someone to a different religion.

Question 18

Conversion

Answer 18

Changing one’s religion or belief.

Question 19

Racism

Answer 19

Discrimination against people on the basis of their race.

Question 20

Apartheid

Answer 20

A system of segregating people by races, which was used in South Africa and is currently being used in Palestine.

Question 21

Fairtrade

Answer 21

The products have been produced by small-scale farmer organisations or plantations that meet social, economic and environmental standards.