| A | B |
|---|
| mobilization | you get an Army ready to fight - you get them up to the front lines |
| morale | how people feel (good or bad) |
| moratorium | a cooling off period - you can't do something |
| nation | country |
| national interests | what the country is focused on; what the majority of people are interested in |
| national security | how a country protects itself |
| national sentiment | how a country feels about what is going on |
| nationalism nationalistic Nationalists | pride about your country; its strong/the best |
| nationalized nationalize | when a country takes over something such as a company or waterway (Egypt: Suez Canal) because it is for the good of the country) |
| neutral neutrality | you don't take sides - you stay out of something |
| offensive manuevers | an army practicing to attack another country |
| Panama | a nation at the southern portion of North America |
| Panama Canal | a strategic chokepoint - it allows ships to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean - saves them time |
| petroleum | oil |
| Philippines | a chain of Volcanic Islands in the Pacific Ocean - the U.S. got control of them after the Spanish-American War |
| plantations | very large farms |
| politically | having to do with government |
| proliferation | a lot of something - a race of one up manship - each side has to have more than the other |
| protectorate | when a country looks after an area/not a colony, but its used almost like that (type of control) |
| Puerto Rico | this island located in the Caribbean became part of the United States as a result of the Spanish American War - its people are U.S. citizens |
| racism | hatred of a group of people |
| ratification | to approve, to agree on |
| rebellion | to go against - to want your own freedom |
| reparations | to pay back, to make up for the damages you caused |
