Term 3 Vocabulary

Question 1

United Nations

Answer 1

Is an intergovernmental organization established 24 October 1945, to promote international co-operation.

Question 2

Declaration of Human Rights

Answer 2

Is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948 at the Palais de Chaillot, Paris.

Question 3

Violation

Answer 3

The action of violating someone or something.

Question 4

Refugee

Answer 4

A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape 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 Camp

Answer 6

A guarded compound for the detention or imprisonment of aliens, members of ethnic minorities, political opponents, etc.

Question 7

Secretary General

Answer 7

The head or chief administrative officer of a secretariat.

Question 8

Security Counsel

Answer 8

The division of the United Nations charged with maintaining international peace, composed of five permanent members (U.S., Russian Federation, France, United Kingdom, and the People’s Republic of China) and ten temporary members, each serving for two years.

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

Presecuted

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

Question 14

Palestine

Answer 14

Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E 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. (PLO)

Question 20

Intifada

Answer 20

A revolt begun in December 1987 by Palestinian Arabs to protest Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.