Refugee Week 1 & 2

Question 1

concentration camp

Answer 1

A place where political prisoners, war prisoners, and refugees are taken to be detained or confined.

Question 2

communism

Answer 2

A way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are used to make and transport products and there is no privately owned property.

Question 3

scowled

Answer 3

To look at someone or something in a way that shows disapproval or disdain.

Question 4

paranoid

Answer 4

Relating to suffering from a mental illness that causes you to falsely believe that people are trying to harm you.

Question 5

revolution

Answer 5

The usually violent attempt by many people to end the rule of one government and start a new one.

Question 6

catatonic

Answer 6

Appearing to be in a daze or stupor.

Question 7

condemned

Answer 7

To say in a strong manner that someone or something is bad or wrong.

Question 8

dictator

Answer 8

A person who rules a country with total authority- often in a cruel manner.

Question 9

indignation

Answer 9

Anger caused by something unfair or wrong.

Question 10

hijab

Answer 10

A head covering worn by some Muslim women.

Question 11

visa

Answer 11

an official mark or stamp on a passport that allows someone to enter or leave a country usually for a particular reason.

Question 12

asylum

Answer 12

protection given by a government to someone who has left another country in order to escape from being harmed.

Question 13

lurch

Answer 13

to make a sudden sideways or forward motion

Question 14

Torah

Answer 14

the wisdom and law contained in Jewish sacred writings and oral tradition

Question 15

apocalypse

Answer 15

a great disaster that causes much fear loss and destruction

Question 16

squalid

Answer 16

very dirty and unpleasant

Question 17

synagogue

Answer 17

a building for Jewish religious services

Question 18

bar mitzvah

Answer 18

a ceremony/celebration for a Jewish boy at age of 13 that makes them a man