Social Studies Quiz 10/15 flash cards

Set: Social Studies Quiz 10/15

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All 26 Terms

	Term	Definition
	Isolationism	strict non-involvement in the affairs of other nations
	multilaterism	working with other countries to influence world affairs
	Internationalism	intervening in other countries' affairs to promote importanat national intersts and/or to safeguard national security
	Imperialism	Extending power by acquiring terrirory around the globe or exploiting weaker nations to serve national interests
	Isolationism can also be called	a loner
	mulitlatersim (collective security) can also be called	team player
	Internationalism can also be called	world policeman
	Imperialism can also be called	world bully
	expansionism	extending it's national boundaries
	commodore matthew perry	the commodore of the u.s. navy who compelled the opening of Japan to the west
	Alfred thayer mahan	naval officer and historian and naval officer in civil war
	Queen Liliuokalani	Queen of hawaii
	commodore george dewey	admiral of the united states navy and best known for his victory during the spanish - american war
	rudyard kipling	a famous english writer born in india later on to become a journalist
	Theodore Roosevelt	US statesman and 26th president
	william randolph hearst	american journalist and publisher and very intelligent newspaperman
	joseph pulitzer	american newspaper publisher and politician became a journalist and fought in the civil war
	mexican-american war	an armed military conflict between US and mexico war was considered a matter of national pride
	spanish-american war	brief conflict between spain and america arising out of spanish policies in cuba american was sympathetic for cuba
	annextion of hawaii	america wanted to make hawaii a territory in america
	boxer rebellion	a chinese rebellion against foreign influence in areas such as trade, politics, religion and technology
	Persian gulf war	a conflict between Iraq and a coalation force from 35 nations authorized by the UN
	iraq war	a war between the US and Iraq
	Afghanistan War	a conflict between anti-communist muslim afghan guerillas and afghan government and soviet forces overthrew President khan
	panama canal	waterway connecting atlantic and pacific oceans built by US
	alaska purchase	when america bought alaska away from russia for 2 cents an acre. 600,000 sq. miles