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Women's Rights and Roles Answers

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According to the UN, what country is ranked as having the most equal society?

A
United States
B
Japan
C
Yemen
D
Sweden
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Human rights can best be described as

A
the right to life, liberty, and security.
B
the fundamental rights that are always guaranteed.
C
the fundamental rights that belong to all people.
D
the right to equality before the law.
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Why do women in Japan represent 50 percent of the workforce but make up only 10 percent of the managerial positions?

A
There are laws prohibiting women from working in managerial positions.
B
Traditional beliefs and cultural norms keep women out of managerial positions.
C
The job demands make it very difficult for mothers to take leadership positions.
D
Husbands want their wives to leave managerial positions open for men.
4

Which best illustrates Malala Yousafzai’s story?

A
People may be afraid to support you if you want to go to school.
B
Women’s roles and human rights have been limited in some parts of the world.
C
Women should be careful when they exert their rights.
D
People’s attitudes toward women’s education are no longer negative.
5

Read the text of Title IX.No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.—Title IX

A
It expanded women’s athletic programs and thus participation at the high school and college level.
B
It required there be an equal number of men and women in athletic programs at the college level.
C
It required that women have free access to athletic programs at the high school and college level.
D
It expanded the outreach at the college level to recruit the best female players for their programs.
6

When people are attacked by their own government, or when they are denied equal access to education, whose job is it to protect them?

A
The UN provides military help to victims of human rights violations to redress grievances.
B
Each country is required to have an independent “watch dog” organization to intervene in violations when necessary.
C
International organizations like Amnesty International and the UN raise awareness, report, and try world leaders who are violators.
D
The people of each country must band together to resist attacks by their own government and lobby their government for equal access to education.
7

Which is a correct statement about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

A
It was adopted by the UN Security Council during the worst of the Holocaust.
B
It is not accepted by enough countries to make a real difference.
C
It was adopted in 1948 by the UN General Assembly.
D
Its intention was to protect women’s rights.
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What was Golda Meir’s greatest achievement?

A
She served as prime minister of Israel.
B
She helped establish the country of Israel.
C
She showed strong leadership during war yet sought peaceful diplomatic relations with other countries.
D
She authorized retaliation against the murderers of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.
9

With the Industrial Revolution came opportunities for women to

A
work outside the home in factories.
B
demand equal pay with men for their work.
C
choose work over getting married and having children.
D
achieve total financial independence.
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The main reason Yemen ranks lowest in the world in gender equality is because

A
men make all the major decisions.
B
women make up less than 1 percent of parliament.
C
women have limited access to education.
D
men expect women to stay at home.

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