Online Quiz #4

Question 1

According to the Human Security Center, _____________ might have caused a global decrease in armed conflict.

Answer 1

growing democratization and economic interdependence

Question 2

As opposed to national security, human security takes ________ as its focus.

Answer 2

the individual

Question 3

“Human security” includes all of the following except:

• Physical safety
• Economic and social well­being
• Respect for a person’s dignity -Military security

Answer 3

Military security

Question 4

Genocidal violence has occurred in which of the following countries after 1960?

Answer 4

Congo and Kosovo

Question 5

Despite its _______, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly in 1948 is, symbolically, _____.

Answer 5

nonbinding status . . . the baseline for future human rights promotion

Question 6

_________ is the use of military force by external actors to end a humanitarian threat to people within a sovereign state.

Answer 6

Humanitarian intervention

Question 7

Traditionally, intervention has been defined as a forcible breach of __________ that interferes in a state’s internal affairs.

Answer 7

sovereignty

Question 8

According to the United Nations, the punishment of genocide is a/n:

Answer 8

international concern

Question 9

The International Criminal Court was established on July 1, 2002, with its headquarters in______, although its proceedings may take place ______.

Answer 9

The Hague, Netherlands . . . anywhere

Question 10

In the past half­century, the “international human rights regime” has grown up around the idea that individuals possess rights simply by virtue of sharing in:

Answer 10

common humanity

Question 11

“Common security” is sometimes called ________ .

Answer 11

Cooperative security

Question 12

Globalization has made it more difficult for leaders of countries to assert that national cultural norms are more important than global standards of behavior. For example, _________ penetrate/s national borders and erode/s traditional values.

• transnational corporations
• the globalized entertainment industry
• the United Nations
• all of the above

Answer 12

All of the above

Question 13

Rights written into a constitution are called:

Answer 13

Charter rights

Question 14

“Asian values,” as a response to Western “human rights,” places prime importance on:

Answer 14

The family

Question 15

A legal right of humanitarian intervention enables interventions but does not ________ it.

Answer 15

Require

Question 16

The Congress of Vienna states sought to ban which of the following?

Answer 16

slave trade

Question 17

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is sometimes called ___________.

Answer 17

the court of last resort Milosevic

Question 18

Freedom from want and freedom from _____ are the two competing paradigms of human security.

Answer 18

fear

Question 19

NATO intervened in Kosovo for humanitarian reasons and for the members’ national self­interest. The latter includes:

Answer 19

fear of refugees from the conflict fleeing to Western Europe for asylum

Question 20

Many feminist scholars argue that the language of human rights treaties reflects an old­fashioned linguistic convention, specifically:

Answer 20

that the rights bearer is a man and the head of a household

Question 21

Globalization has ________ leaders of countries to assert that national cultural norms are more important than global standards of behavior.

Answer 21

made it more difficult for

Question 22

A nineteenth­century European discourse about which values and norms made a country “civilized” or “uncivilized” was called:

Answer 22

Standards of Civilization

Question 23

Realist scholars often assert that states reject humanitarian intervention because states only pursue:

Answer 23

their national interest

Question 24

In conflicts since 1991, civilian casualties constitute ________ percent of deaths.

Answer 24

80 to 85

Question 25

The international community rarely acts on human rights cases unless __________ is engaged.

Answer 25

public opinion