History term 3 Flashcards
United Nations
A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was created following the Second World War to prevent another such conflict.
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.
conconcentration camp
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, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution.
Secretary General
a title given to the principal administrator of some organizations, most notably the United Nations.
Security Council
a title given to the principal administrator of some organizations, most notably the United Nations.
General Assembly
the highest governing body in a religious denomination
scapegoat
a goat sent into the wilderness after the Jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon it
persecuted
to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs.
anti-semitic
is prejudice against, hatred of, or discrimination against Jews as a national, ethnic, religious or racial group
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
a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia, forming the bulk of the Palestinian territories
partition
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
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 Weiz
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.
