| A | B |
|---|
| Containment | seeks to prevent the spread of communism by providing aid to nations after WWII |
| Appeasement | granting concessions to a potential aggressor in order to avoid a conflict |
| Detente | competing nations replace hostile relations with cooperation and negotiation |
| Imperialism | political and control of one country by another; also known as colonialism |
| Interdependence | mutual reliance of two or more nations on ea. other |
| Isolationism | to avoid becoming involved in the affairs of other nations |
| Mercantilism | economic theory that a nation's wealth is measured by amount of gold and silver; effect of increased colonialism |
| Cold War | After WWII, conflict between Communist nations and Western nations |
| Nonalignment | during Cold War period, developing nations didn't take sides |
| Open Door Policy | used to preserve China as an independent country and prevented its breaking up by foreign powers |
| Good Neighbor Policy | U.S. agrees to not interfere with Latin American affairs |
| Monroe Doctrine | warned European powers to stay out of Latin American affairs and established U.S. as major power |
| Big Stick Policy | Teddy Roosevelt's "policeman" of Western Hemisphere or control of Latin America |
| Balance of Power | when no one nation is powerful enough to conquer other nations |
| Decolonization | process in which European colonies in Africa and Asia became independent after WWII |
| Spheres of Influence | areas of economic control of China by British and other European countries |
