other vocab

Question 1

social darwinism

Answer 1

the belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle

Question 2

spheres of influence

Answer 2

an area that the foreign nation controlled trade and investment

Question 3

western hemisphere

Answer 3

the western half of the globe containing north and south America

Question 4

American exceptionalism

Answer 4

a belief, central to American political culture since the revolution, that Americans have a unique mission among nations to spread freedom and democracy

Question 5

ethnocentric

Answer 5

imperial nations sometimes believed that their cultural values or beliefs were superior to other nations or groups

Question 6

partitioned

Answer 6

to take land from another and divide it among others

Question 7

policy

Answer 7

a plan for dealing with a problem or issue

Question 8

doctrine

Answer 8

a stated principle of government policy, mainly in foreign or military affairs

Question 9

sovereignty

Answer 9

the authority or power of a country to govern itself

Question 10

subjugation

Answer 10

the act of controlling a group of people

Question 11

appeasement

Answer 11

making political or material compromises to an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict