Global Citizenship Flashcards
(20 cards)
United Nations
Is an intergovernmental organization establish Oct 24,1945
Declaration of Human Rights
The universal declaration of human right was adopted by the United nations
violation
the action of wrong doing
refugee
a person who is forced out of their country
Holocaust
The massacre of over 6 million jews
concentration camp
Are camps for POW where they are kept and they work.
Secretary General
a title given to the principal administrator of some organizations, most notably the United Nations.
Security Council
s the primary instrument for establishing and maintaining international peace. Its main purpose is to prevent war by settling disputes between nations.i
General Assembly
is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation.
scapegoat
a goat sent into the wilderness after the Jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon it
persecuted
subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs.
anti-semitic
Antisemitism (also spelled Anti-Semitism or anti-semitism) is prejudice against, hatred of, or discrimination against Jews as a national, ethnic, religious or racial group.
Israel
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May
Palestine
Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
West Bank
an area in the Middle East, between the W bank of the Jordan River and the E frontier of Israel: occupied in 1967 and subsequently claimed by Israel; formerly held by Jordan.
partition
(especially with reference to a country with separate areas of government) the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts.
Balfour Declaration
was a letter from the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Baron Rothschild (Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild), a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland.
zionism
a movement for (originally) the re-establishment and (now) the development and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel. It was established as a political organization in 1897 under Theodor Herzl, and was later led by Chaim Weizmann.
Palestine Liberation Organization
an organization founded in 1964 with the aim of creating a state for Palestinians; it recognized the state of Israel in 1993 and Israel granted Palestinians autonomy in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Abbreviation:
intifada
the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, beginning in 1987.
