Health, Human Rights and Intervention Fact Attack

Question 1

Name 4 key words in terms of human development

Answer 1

Access; Opportunity; Investment; Sustainable

Question 2

Give two positive things about GDP/GNI

Answer 2

One simple measurement; Easy comparison

Question 3

Give two negative things about GDP/GNI

Answer 3

Ignores informal economy; Assumes wealth is evenly distributed; Doesn’t include other measures

Question 4

What three factors are included when calculating HDI?

Answer 4

Education; Healthcare; GDP

Question 5

Give two positives about HDI

Answer 5

Not just economic; More representative

Question 6

What does the happy planet index consider?

Answer 6

Impacts on natural environment (ecological factors); Wellbeing of society (life expectancy); Efficiency of resource use in improving lives without damaging environment

Question 7

What is the normal number of children per family globally?

Answer 7

2

Question 8

In 1963, what was the average amount of children per family?

Answer 8

5

Question 9

What are they trying to do in Bangladesh to allow longer life expectancy through access to resources?

Answer 9

Reduce the number of children per family

Question 10

Give two reasons why the population is expected to slow down?

Answer 10

Better healthcare so parents have less children; Greater awareness- education

Question 11

In 2013, how many primary school children didn’t go to school?

Answer 11

59 million

Question 12

In 2013, how many secondary school children didn’t go to school?

Answer 12

65 million

Question 13

In 2015, what % of countries had equal access to primary education?

Answer 13

69%

Question 14

In 2015, what % of countries had equal access to secondary education?

Answer 14

48%

Question 15

How many more girls do not get an education in the Sahel compared to boys?

Answer 15

2x

Question 16

Give three reasons why education is central to economic development?

Answer 16

Basic hygiene/ healthcare (life expectancy); Family size control; Decision making

Question 17

How many people die each year due to water related diseases?

Answer 17

840,000

Question 18

What fraction of people do not have enough to eat globally?

Answer 18

1/9

Question 19

What is the average life expectancy in Japan?

Answer 19

82

Question 20

What is the average life expectancy in the UK?

Answer 20

81

Question 21

What has life expectancy increased from and to between 1985 and 2015?

Answer 21

54-68

Question 22

How much has life expectancy been reduced by due to air pollution in developing cities?

Answer 22

3.2 years

Question 23

Which area has the lowest life expectancy of 57 years?

Answer 23

Sub Saharan Africa

Question 24

Sub Saharan Africa has the largest maternal mortality rate of what per 100,000 live births?

Answer 24

540

Question 25

Where are the highest life expectancies in Africa?

Answer 25

North Africa; Eg. Algeria (76.39) Tunisia (76.04)

Question 26

Where are the lowest life expectancies in Africa?

Answer 26

Sub Saharan Africa; Eg. South Africa (49.56) Mozambique (52.60)

Question 27

Each year how many children die before their 5th birthday?

Answer 27

6 million

Question 28

Name 3 reasons for variations in life expectancy within the developed world.

Answer 28

Differences in lifestyle; Differences in deprivation; Differences in cost and effectiveness of healthcare

Question 29

In the UK, which ethnicity has the highest and lowest life expectancies?

Answer 29

Chinese; Bangladeshi

Question 30

In the UK, which socio-economic group has the highest and lowest life expectancies?

Answer 30

Professional; Unskilled

Question 31

How many years difference is there between Richmond upon Thames and Manchester in terms of life expectancy?

Answer 31

15 years

Question 32

In Australia, what % of 15 year + aboriginals smoke?

Answer 32

41%

Question 33

What % of aboriginals live in remote areas?

Answer 33

25%

Question 34

How many aboriginals committed suicide in 2015?

Answer 34

150

Question 35

What is the rate of unemployment in Australia?

Answer 35

5.60%

Question 36

Alcohol consumption is how much above the national average in Aboriginals?

Answer 36

1.5

Question 37

In Rio de Janeiro, what % of people live in favelas?

Answer 37

6%

Question 38

What % of people are unemployed in Brazil?

Answer 38

13.60%

Question 39

How many Brazilians die before the age of 65?

Answer 39

150/1000

Question 40

What fraction of people in Brazil have private healthcare plans?

Answer 40

1/4

Question 41

How much is public spending in the UK?

Answer 41

$1,102.8 billion (2016)

Question 42

What % of UK spending is on healthcare?

Answer 42

18%

Question 43

What % of UK spending is on education?

Answer 43

12%

Question 44

How much is spending on health in the UK?

Answer 44

$3,102 per person

Question 45

What are human rights?

Answer 45

Moral principles that underlie standards of human behaviour ‘to which a person is inherently entitled simply because he or she is a human being’

Question 46

When were human rights first formed and why?

Answer 46

1948- in response to atrocities in Nazi Germany

Question 47

What does the UN declaration of human rights do?

Answer 47

Sets a basic guideline for what every country should go by

Question 48

Name two good things about the Universal declaration of human rights

Answer 48

Broad range of social, economic and environmental factors; Guidance for countries

Question 49

Name two bad things about the Universal declaration of human rights

Answer 49

Open to interpretation; Not legally binding

Question 50

What does the European convention on Human rights do?

Answer 50

European version of the UN convention that can be tailored to European countries

Question 51

What are two good things about the European convention on human rights?

Answer 51

Can go to European court of human rights More in line with western viewpoint

Question 52

What are two bad things about the European convention on human rights?

Answer 52

Takes a long time to action sanctions; Undermining of sovereignty

Question 53

What % of UK cases are thrown out by the European court of human rights?

Answer 53

99%

Question 54

What does the Geneva convention do?

Answer 54

Provides the rule of warfare particularly protecting civilians

Question 55

What are two good things about the Geneva convention?

Answer 55

Tries to make war humane; Makes war a professional game

Question 56

What are two bad things about the Geneva convention?

Answer 56

Only going to be obeyed by western countries; Does not tackle terrorist groups Contradictory; Doesn't work in practice

Question 57

When did the UK Human rights act come into place?

Answer 57

1998

Question 58

What does the Human rights act do?

Answer 58

Incorporates Human rights into UK law which can be sanctioned by UK courts

Question 59

What % of teenage girls are literate in Afghanistan?

Answer 59

37%

Question 60

What % of women are literate in Afghanistan?

Answer 60

19%

Question 61

How many different ethnic groups are there in Myanmar?

Answer 61

100

Question 62

How many people needed food and shelter after the riots in Zimbabwe?

Answer 62

4.5 million

Question 63

How many Sikhs were massacred in the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots (India)?

Answer 63

2000

Question 64

How much was spent on buildings and infrastructure (Indigenous American people)?

Answer 64

$59 million

Question 65

What was the rate of deaths in under 5s in 1998 in Rwanda?

Answer 65

230/1000

Question 66

What was the rate of deaths in under 5s in 2012 in Rwanda?

Answer 66

55/1000

Question 67

How many people were murdered in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda?

Answer 67

800,000

Question 68

When were free elections held in South Korea?

Answer 68

1992

Question 69

When did China become communist?

Answer 69

1949

Question 70

When was China’s freedom of speech act?

Answer 70

1982

Question 71

When was the UN declaration of human rights for indigenous American people?

Answer 71

2007

Question 72

What is the gender wage gap in Canada?

Answer 72

74 cents for every $1

Question 73

When was the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms introduced?

Answer 73

1982

Question 74

How many civilians were killed in a peaceful protest in Indonesia?

Answer 74

4

Question 75

How many years have the Kim Jong family been in power for in North Korea?

Answer 75

70 years

Question 76

How many people are in political prison camps in North Korea?

Answer 76

80,000-120,000

Question 77

Give three humanitarian reasons for intervention in a country

Answer 77

Offering development aid to poorest and least developed countries; Protecting human rights; Encouraging healthcare and education

Question 78

Give four mutual benefit reasons for intervention in a country

Answer 78

Strengthening security and stability; Promoting international trade and protecting routes; Accessing resources; Encouraging inward investment

Question 79

Give two military power reasons for intervention in a country

Answer 79

Providing military support; Increasing global or regional influence

Question 80

In 2014, what % of EU development aid was for government and civil society?

Answer 80

17.52%

Question 81

In 2014, what % of EU development aid was for humanitarian aid?

Answer 81

17.63%

Question 82

How can development aid be given?

Answer 82

Bilaterally or multilaterally

Question 83

What was the UK government’s target on international aid?

Answer 83

0.7% of gross national income

Question 84

How much aid was given in 2013 by UK government?

Answer 84

£11.2 billion

Question 85

Which corrupt nation did the UK donate £86.8 million to in 2012?

Answer 85

Somalia

Question 86

How much aid was given by Britain to Afghanistan in 2013?

Answer 86

£200 million

Question 87

When was an effective trade embargo in place in South Africa?

Answer 87

1948-1994

Question 88

In what year did the US renew a 5 year aid package with Jordan?

Answer 88

2014

Question 89

How many fighters does ISIS have?

Answer 89

31,000

Question 90

How many military deaths did the USA suffer in the Afghanistan war?

Answer 90

2,175

Question 91

How much did the Afghanistan war cost the UK?

Answer 91

£12 billion

Question 92

How many UK soldiers were killed in the Afghan campaign? How many were wounded?

Answer 92

444 2,600

Question 93

When was Guantanamo bay constructed?

Answer 93

2002

Question 94

Which 5 countries did the Institute for Economics and Peace Global terrorism index of 2015 show that terrorism was concentrated in 2014?

Answer 94

Iraq; Afghanistan; Nigeria; Pakistan; Syria