| A | B |
| annexation | bringing an area under control of a larger country |
| spheres of influence | foreign nations had power here |
| Open Door Policy | anyone could trade w/China |
| yellow journalism | exaggerated news |
| armistice | an agreement to stop fighting |
| protectorate | under control of another country |
| isthmus | narrow strip of land connecting 2 larger bodies of land |
| anarchy | disorder and lawlessness |
| dollar diplomacy | gave money to failing economies |
| gunboat diplomacy | use of the military to attain goals |
| moral diplomacy | favoring honest men as leaders |
| isthums | strip of land connecting 2 wider lands |