Vocab Quiz

What is the policy of powerful countries seeking to control the economic affairs of weaker countries or regions called?

• Imperialism

• Isolationism

• Nationalism

• Moral Diplomacy

Which policy involves staying out of world affairs?

• Isolationism

• Imperialism

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Open Door Policy

What was the Treaty of Kanagawa?

• An 1854 agreement between Japan and the United States that opened ports to American trade in Japan

• A policy of building strong economic ties in Latin America

• A law passed by Congress in 1900

• A statement by Theodore Roosevelt about Latin America

What is the Open Door Policy?

• A policy that allowed a nation to trade in any other nation's sphere of influence in China

• A type of news reporting that relies on sensational stories

• A devotion to one's nation and its interest

• A policy of building up strong armed forces

What was the Great White Fleet?

• The name of the steam-powered ships of the enlarged and modernized American navy of the early 1900s

• A type of submarine used by Germany in WWI

• A British passenger ship torpedoed by a German U-boat

• A narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land

What is Yellow Journalism?

• A type of news reporting, often biased or untrue, that relies on sensational stories and headlines

• A policy of building strong economic ties in Latin America

• A statement by Theodore Roosevelt about Latin America

• A law passed by Congress in 1900

What was the Spanish-American War?

• The war between Spain and the United States in 1898

• A military alliance during WWI

• A policy of condemning imperialism

• A type of submarine used by Germany in WWI

What did the Platt Amendment allow?

• Legislation in the 1902 Cuban Constitution that allowed the United States to intervene in Cuba

• A policy of building strong economic ties in Latin America

• A devotion to one's nation and its interest

• A type of news reporting that relies on sensational stories

What is a Protectorate?

• A nation whose independence is limited by the control of a more powerful country

• A narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land

• A type of submarine used by Germany in WWI

• A policy of building up strong armed forces

What was the Foraker Act?

• A law passed by Congress in 1900 under which the U.S.A. gave Puerto Ricans a limited say in government

• A statement by Theodore Roosevelt about Latin America

• A policy of building strong economic ties in Latin America

• A type of news reporting that relies on sensational stories