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
