| A | B |
| Domestic Affairs | Events that occur on our home territory |
| Foreign Affairs | The nation's relationships with other nations |
| Isolationism | A purposeful refusal to become generally involved in the affairs of the rest of the world |
| Foreign Policy | Made up of all the stands and actions that a nation takes ine very aspect of its realtionships with other countries |
| Right of Legation | The right to send and receive diplomatic representatives |
| Ambassador | An official representative of the US appoints by the President to represent the nation in matters of diplomacy |
| Espionage | Spying |
| Terrorism | Th use of violence to intimidate a government or a society |
| Draft | Compulsory military service |
| Collective Security | Most nations would agree to act together against any nation that threatened peace |
| Deterrence | THe strategy of maintaining the military might of the US at so great a level that that very strength will deter |
| Cold War | War were things are tense, but not necessarily hostile |
| Containment | Belief that if an idea in contained in boundaries, it will collapse under the weight of its own internal weaknesses |
| Foreign Aid | Economic and military aid to other countries |
| Regional Security Alliance | Built on mutual defense treaties |
| UN Security Council | Carries the major responsibility for maintaining international peace |