History 7 Unit 4

Question 1

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Answer 1

A document made by the United Nations after the second World War. It consists of 30 rights that every human should have. The only problem is that these are optional, not required. A big person to take a part in writing these was Eleanor Roosevelt.

Question 2

United Nations (UN)

Answer 2

The United Nations is a union of peacekeeping countries around the world. They do not have a military force, but can lock bank accounts and send peaceful protesters to make a country follow their rules. These countries also wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This union originally consisted of 51 countries, but has grown to 193 countries.

Question 3

Pyramid of Hate

Answer 3

The Pyramid of Hate is a visual representation of the different levels of hate for groups. Race, gender, ethnicity, religion, ect. The worst level is genocide.

Question 4

Indian Removal Act

Answer 4

The Indian Removal act was the operation passed by the Supreme Court to move all the “civilized” tribes and make them move to the what is modern day Oklahoma. The civilized tribes were the ones that tried to adjust to American way of life so they could fit in with society.

Question 5

Andrew Jackson

Answer 5

Andrew Jackson was the president during the time of the Indian Removal Act, and he passed the operation, trying to force the Indians out.

Question 6

Trail of Tears

Answer 6

The Trail of Tears was the multiple paths that the different Indian tribes took to get to modern day Oklahoma. It is called this because of all the hardships they faced,
a few of those being deaths of loved ones, sickness, natural disasters, etc..

Question 7

Discrimination

Answer 7

Unfair treatment of a person or group based on their identity, such as in job or school opportunities, housing, criminal justice, segregation

Question 8

Prejudice

Answer 8

Negative attitudes towards a particular group based on their identity

Question 9

Japanese Internment Camp

Answer 9

Camps that the Japanese Americans were kept in during World War II because of fear of betrayal or being a spy for Japan

Question 10

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Answer 10

He was the president that passed the camp act during World War II

Question 11

Bias

Answer 11

Negative thoughts or ideas about, or against a certain group based on differences, real or imagined

Question 12

Scapegoating

Answer 12

The act of blaming a group based on the actions of a few

Question 13

Apartheid

Answer 13

Apartheid is a word from Afrikaans meaning apartness. This word was used in the Apartheid laws that were laws in South Africa regarding black and white segregation and rules

Question 14

Segregation

Answer 14

Segregation means to be separated from other people

Question 15

Nelson Mandela

Answer 15

Nelson Mandela was a black South African man who was a civil rights activist and the first black president of South Africa. He was one of the leaders in the protests against the ANC

Question 16

F.W. de Klerk

Answer 16

White president before Nelson Mandela. He helped Nelson and got rid of Apartheid laws. He and Nelson ran against each other after the laws were abolished.

Question 17

African National Congress

Answer 17

The group of black Africans that stood against the Apartheid laws. Nelson Mandela was one of the big members of this group.

Question 18

Political Cartoon

Answer 18

Political cartoons can be very funny, especially if you understand the issue that they’re commenting on. Their main purpose, though, is not to amuse you but to persuade you. A good political cartoon makes you think about current events, but it also tries to sway your opinion towards the artist’s point of view

Question 19

Antisemitism

Answer 19

Bad acts against Jewish people

Question 20

Patriotism

Answer 20

The quality of being patriotic; devotion to and vigorous support for one’s country. Ex.: Flying your country’s flag in your yard

Question 21

Nationalism

Answer 21

Identification with one’s own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations

Question 22

World War I

Answer 22

A war that took place from 1914-1918 between 135 countries. The two powers were the Allies and the Central Powers. It was caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and also foreign policies. America joined in 1917 because of the death of 128 Americans on a commercial ship that Germany sank.

Question 23

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 23

A peace treaty between the Allies and the Central Powers, mainly Germany, to end World War I. The treaty’s conditions were, Germany would have to give land back to France and Poland, coal fields would be given to France for 15 years, Britain would get their colonies, Germany had to pay all war costs, Germany and Austria could not ally, Germany was forbidden from joining the League of Nations, Germany had to shrink their army to 100,000, their navy consisted of 6 battleships, but they couldn’t have any submarines or air force, and they had to take blame for the war.

Question 24

National Socialist German Workers Party

Answer 24

The National Socialist German Workers’ Party, commonly referred to in English as the Nazi Party, was a far-right political party in Germany that was active between 1920 and 1945, that created and supported the ideology of Nazism.

Question 25

Adolf Hitler

Answer 25

Adolf Hitler was the dictator of Germany and leader of the Nazi party during World War II. After World War I, he blamed the Jews for Germany losing and started the Jewish death camps. Before he came to power, while in prison, he wrote “Mein Kamf”, meaning, “My Struggle”, which talked about how he was going to take over the German government. After losing the war, him and his wife committed suicide.

Question 26

Mein Kamf

Answer 26

A book meaning “My Struggle” that Adolf Hitler wrote in prison which was about his idea of how to challenge the government without using violence, otherwise called the Legality Strategy

Question 27

Platform

Answer 27

A formal set of principal goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate, in order to appeal to the general public, for the ultimate purpose of garnering the general public’s support and votes about complicated topics or issues.

Question 28

Holocaust

Answer 28

Systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. Greek word meaning: “sacrifice by fire”

Question 29

Genocide

Answer 29

The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation

Question 30

Concentration Camp

Answer 30

A camp created to confine large numbers of prisoners (including political opponents and those deemed racially inferior) in harsh and unhealthy conditions

Question 31

Hate Crime

Answer 31

A hate crime is a crime motivated by bias against race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability

Question 32

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Answer 32

Attack on a major American naval base by the Japanese. This ended up dragging America into World War II and caused the Japanese American hate in America

Question 33

Milgram Experiment

Answer 33

The experiment which was conducted to try to find out why the people who volunteered at the camps during the Holocaust were willing to kill the Jews. It was conducted with an actor and a stranger who thought they were doing a random experiment, not knowing that they were the ones being tested. The test was basically to see if the stranger would be willing to kill someone else when put under the pressure to do so. The results were that mostly yes, they would do it when put under pressure by authority.

Question 34

Bashar al-Assad

Answer 34

The dictator is Syria that has been ruling since 2000. He has been fighting the rebels and their allies during Syria’s civil war. He has been bombing his own citizens and destroying his own country so he can have power over it. He is backed by Russia in the war.

Question 35

Refugee

Answer 35

A refugee is someone who is forced to leave their home/country to seek asylum because of danger in their country. It could be a war, a natural disaster, anything that could put them in danger.

Question 36

Refugee Camp

Answer 36

A refugee camp is a camp that most of the time is bunch of tents put together by a country so refugees can seek asylum in them when fleeing their country.

Question 37

Barrel Bomb

Answer 37

A barrel bomb is a cheap bomb that Bashar al-Assad’s army made during the Syrian Civil War. It is an old oil tank filled with shrapnel, which then is dropped from a helicopter at high altitude, when it hits the ground, it goes nose first and detonates, causing an explosion, and shrapnel to fly everywhere in the surrounding area. The hope is that it injures/kills as many people as possible.

Question 38

Holy City

Answer 38

A holy city is a city which has religious ties. One example is Jerusalem, which is a holy city for Christians, Jews, and Muslims.

Question 39

Gaza Strip

Answer 39

One of the Palestinian regions that broke off from Israel and built a wall around itself to isolate because they wanted all of Israel to be Palestine. This region is poverty stricken, and led my the party named the Habas. This region relies on getting resources from the UN.

Question 40

West Bank

Answer 40

The West Bank is the largest Palestinian region and holds Jerusalem inside of it. This region is more peaceful and wants to create peace with Israel. It is led by the Abas and is wealthier than it’s the Gaza Strip.

Question 41

Mahsa Amini

Answer 41

Mahsa Amini was arrested by the morality police in Iran for not wearing her hijab correctly. She was then beaten and taken into custody, three days later dying. She is considered a martyr and her death has sparked protest around the world, but mainly in her home country, Iran. She is considered one of the most powerful women of 2022. She is now a global symbol for freedom.

Question 42

Hijab

Answer 42

A hijab is a religious piece of clothing for Muslims. Girls wear this to cover their hair/head. In Iran, this is a requirement for this to be worn by women.

Question 43

Theocracy

Answer 43

A theocracy is a type of government which is ruled by religion. Iran is an example of this type of government.

Question 44

Morality Police

Answer 44

The morality police are a police force in Iran that makes sure that religious laws are being followed. They are the ones that killed Mahsa Amini.

Question 45

Tehran

Answer 45

Tehran is the capital of Iran. After Mahsa Amini died here, many protests have erupted.

Question 46

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Answer 46

This is the supreme ruler of Iran since 1989. He commands the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), who have opened fire on peaceful protests.