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Home of the Brave
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Literature
8th Grade
03/10/2013

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Term
Genocide
Definition
The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group
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Refugee
Definition
A person who flees in times of war, political oppression, or religious persecution
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Immigrant
Definition
A person that leaves one country to settle into another.
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Persecute
Definition
To harass or punish in a manner designed to injure; specifically to cause to suffer because of belief
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Difference between Refugee and Immigrant
Definition

Refugee- leaves their country because it is a life or death situation.

Immigrants- leave their home country voluntarily

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gaar
Definition
Six parallel horizontal lines cut into the forehead using a razor.  They are an important coming-of-age ritual for adolescents in the Nuer tribe.
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The Lost Boys
Definition
Thousands of young boys who were displaced during the war.  They had to fend for themselves from food, clothing, and even shelter.
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