SS.topic12.vocab

Question 1

an act of cruelty and brutality

Answer 1

atrocity

Question 2

a policy of staying out of world affairs

Answer 2

isolationism

Question 3

a policy of powerful countries seeking to control the economic and political affairs of weaker countries or regions

Answer 3

imperialism

Question 4

a policy issued by Secretary of State John Hay in 1899 that allowed a nation to trade in any other nation’s sphere of influence in China

Answer 4

open door policy

Question 5

a type of news reporting, often biased or untrue, that relies on sensational stories and headlines

Answer 5

yellow journalism

Question 6

an amendment to the 1902 Cuban constitution that allowed the United States to intervene in Cuba

Answer 6

platt amendment

Question 7

a nation whose independence is limited by the control of a more powerful country

Answer 7

protectorate

Question 8

a narrow strip of land that has water at each side with the strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land

Answer 8

insthmus

Question 9

President Taft’s policy of building strong economic ties to Latin America

Answer 9

dollar diplomacy

Question 10

President Wilson’s policy of condemning imperialism, spreading democracy, and promoting peace

Answer 10

moral diplomacy

Question 11

a devotion to one’s nation and its interests

Answer 11

nationalism

Question 12

the policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war

Answer 12

militarism

Question 13

one who deliberately uses violence to spread fear and achieve political goals

Answer 13

terrorist

Question 14

the military alliance of France, Britain, Russia, Italy, and many other nations during World War I

Answer 14

allied powers

Question 15

the military alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire during World War I

Answer 15

central powers

Question 16

war combat in which soldiers are located in trenches dug into the ground

Answer 16

trench warfare

Question 17

not taking sides in a conflict

Answer 17

neutral

Question 18

the spreading of ideas to help a cause or hurt an opposing cause

Answer 18

propaganda

Question 19

a person who tries to stir up war

Answer 19

warmonger

Question 20

a law passed by Congress in 1917 that required all men from ages 21 to 30 to register for the military draft

Answer 20

selective service act

Question 21

a system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials

Answer 21

bureaucracy

Question 22

a person who objects to any war; believes war is evil

Answer 22

pacifist

Question 23

an agreement to stop fighting

Answer 23

armistice

Question 24

an association of nations formed after World War I under Wilson’s Fourteen Points plan

Answer 24

league of nations

Question 25

the treaty signed on June 28, 1919, by Germany and the Allies; formally placed the responsibility for World War I on Germany and its allies

Answer 25

treaty of versaillies

Question 26

an authorization granted to a member of the League of Nations to govern a former German or Turkish colony

Answer 26

mandate