Human Rights Unit 2

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, supporting and acting upon 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.

Question 5

Personal conviction

Answer 5

Something a person strongly feels or believes in. For example, Martin Luther King believed that all people should be equal.

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 standards of a society in which a person lives, e.g. 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.