Term 3 Vocabulary Flashcards
United Nation
An international organization formed in 1945 to increase political and economic cooperation among member countries. The organization works on economic and social development programs, improving human rights and reducing global conflicts.
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
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
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. Its main purpose is to prevent war by settling disputes between nations.
General Assembly
the highest governing body in a religious denomination (as the United Presbyterian Church) 2 : a legislative assembly; especially : a United States state legislature.
scapegoat
aid the sins of the people upon it
persecuted
to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs.
anti-semitic
hostility or prejudice against Jews
Israel
The name given to Jacob after he wrestled with God
Palestine
Palestine is a geographic region in Western Asia between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River
West Bank
The West Bank is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia, forming the bulk of the Palestinian territories.
partition
especially with reference to a country with separate areas of government) the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts.
Balfour Declaration
a letter from the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Baron Rothschild (Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild), a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland.
zionism
a movement for (originally) the re-establishment and (now) the development and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel. It was established as a political organization in 1897 under Theodor Herzl, and was later led by Chaim Weizmann.
Palestine Liberation Organization
The Palestine Liberation Organization is an organization founded in 1964
intifada
the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, beginning in 1987.
