Global citizenship term 3 vocabulary Flashcards

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United Nations

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an international organization

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2
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Declaration of Human Rights

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a declaration adopted by the human rights

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3
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violation

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the action of violating something or someone

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4
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refugee

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a person who has been forced to leave their country

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5
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Holocaust

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a Jewish sacrificial offering that is burned completely on an altar

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6
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concentration camp

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a place were large number of people , await for mass execution

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7
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Secretary General

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a title given to the principal administrator of some organizations

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8
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Security Council

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an important division of the united states

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9
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General Assembly

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the world’s forum for discussing matters affecting world peace and security,

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10
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scapegoat

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a goat sent into the wilderness after the Jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon it

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11
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persecuted

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harass or annoy

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12
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anti-semitic

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discrimination of Jews

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13
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Israel

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is a country between Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea.

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14
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Palestine

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A territory in the Middle East on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea

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15
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West Bank

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Land on the west bank of the Jordan River,

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16
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partition

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the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts.

17
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Balfour Declaration

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was a letter from the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour

18
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zionism

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the development and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel

19
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Palestine Liberation Organization

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a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs

20
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intifada

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” the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, beginning in 1987”