| A | B |
| anarchy | disorder and lawlessness/against organized government |
| sphere of influence | section of a country where one foreign nationhas special rights |
| protectorate | an independent country but under control of another |
| Open Door Policy | allow foreign nations in China to trade freely with other spheres of influence |
| dollar diplomacy | joing business interests with diplomatic interests in foreign countries |
| annexation | to add on/bring an area under control of a larger country |
| yellow journalism | practice of writing the exaggerates sensational gruesome events |
| imperialism | policy of one nation takeing political and economic control of weaker nations |
| expansionism | policy of expanding a nation's boundaries |
| ism | suffix than means "the policy or practice of" |
| isolationism | policy of not being involved in other nations affairs |
| isthmus | narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas (Panama) |
| armistice | temporary peace agrement to end fighting |