| A | B |
| Expansionism | A policy that calls for enlarging a nation's boundaries |
| Imperialism | Powerful nations creating large empires by exercising economic and political control over weaker regions |
| Annexation | Bringing an area under the control of a larger country |
| Anarchy | Disorder and lawlessness |
| Yellow Journalism | A type of sensational, biased, and often false reporting |
| Armistice | A temporary peace agreement to end fighting |
| Isthmus | A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| Dollar Diplomacy | A policy of joining the business interests of a country with its diplomatic interests abroad |
| Protectorate | A country that is technically independent but is actually under control of another country |
| Isolationism | A national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs |