-isms
Policy Category
WW I & II
Cold War Category
New Conflicts
100
Keeping away from foreign relations with other countries
What is Isolationism
100
an area in which another country has power to affect developments although it has no formal authority as in China.
What is Sphere of influence
100
3 new weapons used in WWI
What are poison gas, tanks, machine guns, trenches, aircraft...
100
What is the policy to contain communism
What is the Truman Doctrine
100
Afghan Rebels
What is mujaheddin
200
Extending a country's power over other countries through negotiations or military force.
What is Imperialism
200
a principle of US policy that any intervention by other countries in the politics of the Americas (North, Central & South) is an agressive act against the US.
What is the Monroe Doctrine
200
Who was in the triple alliance
What are Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
200
"peaceful coexistence" or a lessening of tension between the US and USSR.
What is Detente
200
land disputed by Pakistan and India
What is Kashmir
300
Belief that a country should build up their armed forces to be ready for conflict.
What is Militarism
300
The document that was agreed upon at the end of WWI
What is the Treaty of Versailles
300
Countries fighting each other on the Eastern Front
What are Germany and Russian
300
Russian terms for openness and restructuring
What is glasnost and perestroika
300
Iraqi leader who attacked Kuwait
What is Saddam Hussein
400
patriotic feelings for your country
What is Nationalism
400
A policy to help European countries recover after WWII
What is The Marshall Plan
400
Policy that ignored Hitlers actions before the beginning of WWII
What is Appeasement
400
Two countries where the cold war flared up
What is Vietnam, Korea
400
Both Muslims and Jews claim that this is their holy land.
What is Isreal
500
Political theory created by Karl Marx and embraced by Lenin.
What is communism
500
The two organizations that were created to protect the east and the west after WWII
What are NATO and the Warsaw pact
500
America's plan for taking over land in the Pacific.
What is Island hopping
500
The fear of a potential rise of communism in the United States.
What is red scare
500
This leader of Iran was supported by the US, but not supported by his own people.
Who is the Shah