Term 3 Vocab Flashcards
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United Nations
A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was created following the Second World War to prevent another problem.
Declaration of Human rights
is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948 at the Palais de Chaillot, Paris.
violation
the action of violating someone or something.
Refugee
a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
Holocaust
destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.
concentration camp
a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities
Secretary General
a title given to the principal administrator of some organizations, most notably the United Nations.
Security Council
The Security Council is the primary instrument for establishing and maintaining international peace.
General Assembly
one of the six principal organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation.
scapegoat
make a scapegoat of.
persecuted
to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs.
anti-semitic
prejudice against, hatred of, or discrimination against Jews as a national, ethnic, religious or racial group.
Israel
Israel or, officially the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia, situated at the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea.
Palestine
Palestine is a geographic region in Western Asia between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. It is sometimes considered to include adjoining territories.
West Bank
The West Bank is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia, forming the bulk of the Palestinian territories.
Partition
ith 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
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 Weizman
Palestine Liberation Organization
The Palestine Liberation Organization is an organization founded in 1964 with the purpose of the “liberation of Palestine” through armed struggle
intifada
the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, beginning in 1987.
