History term 3 Flashcards
United Nations
The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization established 24 October 1945 to promote international co-operation.
Deceleration of Human rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly
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, 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
is the primary instrument for establishing and maintaining international peace. Its main purpose is to prevent war by settling disputes between nations.
general assembly
is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation.
scapegoat
a goat sent into the wilderness after the Jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon i
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
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state
Palestine
Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
West bank
an area in the Middle East, between the W bank of the Jordan River and the E frontier of Israel
Partition
the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts.
Balfour Deceleration
was a letter from the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Baron Rothschild
Zionism
a movement for the re-establishment and the development and protection of a Jewish nation
Palestine Liberation Organization
an organization founded in 1964 with the aim of creating a state for Palestinians;
intifada
the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, beginning in 1987.
