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Use this list to help understand words and terms we will be exploring in this unit. There are some words that have extra information attached to them - just click the link!
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List of words and terms Absolutist: Having total power Annex: To take over territory (eg Israel's annexation of Jeruslalem in 1967) Anti-Semitism: Behaviour and beliefs hostile to Jews Assimilation: To be absorbed into another culture or nation (eg Jews in to Europe) Attrition: Gradual wearing down of opposition Authoritarian: Demanding obedience to authority, as in a dictatorship Capital: Money for investment Coalition: A group working together Communal: Relating to a community, for example, communal conflict between Jews and Arabs in Palestine Coup: Overthrow of a government Deicide: Killing of God or Jesus for which Jews were blamed Diaspora: A community or people dispersed or exiled from their homes Discrimination: One side favoured over the other on racial, religious or political grounds Embargo: A ban on trade or a single product Emigrant: A person who leaves their country to live elsewhere Fedayeen: A Muslim fanatic Fundamentalist: A person who believes in strict observance of their religion and literal interpretation of religious writings Haganah: A Jewish defense force established in Palestine in the 1930s Hezbollah: A Muslim fundamentalist group Immigrant: A person who moves into a country to live there Infidel: An unbeliever
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Intifada: The Palestinian uprising against the Israelis Jihad: Arabic word meaning holy war or struggle; a religious obligation on the part of Muslims to oppose unbelievers Kibbutz: Jewish pioneering settlement; based on principles of shared ownership and strict equality of the sexes Mandate: A territory governed by another on behalf of the international community Mediate: Attempt to bring an agreement between parties Pogrom: Massacre of a class or race Refugee: Homeless person seeking refuge in a foreign country (eg Jews fleeing the aftermath of the Holocaust or Palestinians in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza) Secular: Non religious Terrorist: One who uses force against innocent civilians to pressure them into accepting a particular point of view Zionism: The movement to create an exclusively Jewish homeland in Palestine
marHaba! barux haba! Welcome!
Use this list to help understand words and terms we will be exploring in this unit. There are some words that have extra information attached to them - just click the link!
Think you know it all?? Click on the image to find out!!
List of words and terms
Absolutist: Having total power
Annex: To take over territory (eg Israel's annexation of Jeruslalem in 1967)
Anti-Semitism: Behaviour and beliefs hostile to Jews
Assimilation: To be absorbed into another culture or nation (eg Jews in to Europe)
Attrition: Gradual wearing down of opposition
Authoritarian: Demanding obedience to authority, as in a dictatorship
Capital: Money for investment
Coalition: A group working together
Communal: Relating to a community, for example, communal conflict between Jews and Arabs in Palestine
Coup: Overthrow of a government
Deicide: Killing of God or Jesus for which Jews were blamed
Diaspora: A community or people dispersed or exiled from their homes
Discrimination: One side favoured over the other on racial, religious or political grounds
Embargo: A ban on trade or a single product
Emigrant: A person who leaves their country to live elsewhere
Fedayeen: A Muslim fanatic
Fundamentalist: A person who believes in strict observance of their religion and literal interpretation of religious writings
Haganah: A Jewish defense force established in Palestine in the 1930s
Hezbollah: A Muslim fundamentalist group
Immigrant: A person who moves into a country to live there
Infidel: An unbeliever
Intifada: The Palestinian uprising against the Israelis
Jihad: Arabic word meaning holy war or struggle; a religious obligation on the part of Muslims to oppose unbelievers
Kibbutz: Jewish pioneering settlement; based on principles of shared ownership and strict equality of the sexes
Mandate: A territory governed by another on behalf of the international community
Mediate: Attempt to bring an agreement between parties
Pogrom: Massacre of a class or race
Refugee: Homeless person seeking refuge in a foreign country (eg Jews fleeing the aftermath of the Holocaust or Palestinians in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza)
Secular: Non religious
Terrorist: One who uses force against innocent civilians to pressure them into accepting a particular point of view
Zionism: The movement to create an exclusively Jewish homeland in Palestine