11th Grade Vocabulary Unit 4 Emergence as a World Power

Definition: an armed band of militants who use surprise attacks and sabotage rather than open warfare

• malitia

• rebels

• guerillas

• home guard

Definition: practice of annexing new territory

• expansionism

• manifest destiny

• conquest

• pacifism

Definition: actions that relate to the relationship between nations

• treaties

• alliances

• pacts

• foreign policy

Definition: actions that relate to conditions within a nation

• domestic policy

• interstate policy

• international policy

• foreign policy

Definition: the practice of conducting negotiations between nations

• compromising

• diplomacy

• detente

• summit

Definition: the idea that people who belong to a nation should have their own country and government

• confederacy

• self-conquest

• non-intervention

• self-determination

Definition: refusing to join or take sides in a conflict

• non-alliance

• self-determination

• neutrality

• open borders

Definition: information designed to influence opinion

• fake news

• propaganda

• influencer

• opinion poll

Definition: prohibited materials

• cargo

• illegal substances

• black market

• contraband

Definition: submarines

• U-boats

• frigates

• cruisers

• destroyers