Term 3 Vocab Flashcards
United Nations
an intergovernmental organization established 24 October 1945 to promote international co-operation
Declaration of Human Rights
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.
concentration camp
The term is most strongly associated with the several hundred camps established by the Nazis in Germany and occupied Europe in 1933–45, among the most infamous being Dachau, Belsen, and Auschwitz.
Secretary General
a title given to the principal administrator of some organizations, most notably the United Nations.
Security Council
the primary instrument for establishing and maintaining international peace.
General Assembly
one of the six principal organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation.
scapegoat
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
prejudice against, hatred of, or discrimination against Jews as a national, ethnic, religious or racial group.
Israel
a country in Western Asia, situated at the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea.
Palestine
geographic region in Western Asia between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
West Bank
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia, forming the bulk of the Palestinian territories.
