Term 3 Vocab

Question 1

United Nations

Answer 1

is an intergovernmental organizations established in the 24th of October 1945 to promote international cooperation.

Question 2

Declaration of human rights

Answer 2

is a declaration adopted by the united nations general assembly on December 10 in 1948.

Question 3

Violation

Answer 3

the action of violating something or someone

Question 4

Refugee

Answer 4

a person who has been forced to leave this country in order to escape a war, persecution or natural disaster.

Question 5

Holocaust

Answer 5

destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.

Question 6

Concentration Camps

Answer 6

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.

Question 7

Secretary General

Answer 7

is the head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. The Secretary-General also acts as the spokesperson and leader of the United Nations.

Question 8

Security Council

Answer 8

is the primary instrument for establishing and maintaining international peace. Its main purpose is to prevent war by settling disputes between nations.

Question 9

General Assembly

Answer 9

the main deliberative body of the United Nations, composed of delegations from member nations.

Question 10

Scapegoat

Answer 10

a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.

Question 11

Persecuted

Answer 11

to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

Question 12

Anti-semitic

Answer 12

a person who discriminates against or is prejudiced or hostile toward Jews.

Question 13

Israel

Answer 13

a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean, formed as a Jewish state in May 1948. Capital is Jerusalem.

Question 14

Palestine

Answer 14

Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in South West of Asia, on the East coast of the Mediterranean.

Question 15

West Bank

Answer 15

an area in the Middle East, between the W bank of the Jordan River and the E frontier of Israel: occupied in 1967 and subsequently claimed by Israel; formerly held by Jordan.

Question 16

Partition

Answer 16

a division into or distribution in portions or shares.

Question 17

Balfour Declaration

Answer 17

a statement, issued by the British government on November 2, 1917, favoring the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jews but without prejudice to the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine.

Question 18

Zionism

Answer 18

a worldwide Jewish movement that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel.

Question 19

Palestine Liberation Organization

Answer 19

an umbrella organization for several Arab groups dedicated to the recovery of Palestine from the state of Israel and the return of refugees from the area to their homeland through diplomatic, military, and terrorist means.