Friday, November 4

Imperialism - a large/powerful entity taking over a weaker entityMilitarism - belief that a nation should keep a very large and powerful military for national defenseNationalism - devotion to the interests of one nation (pride in your country)Diplomacy - method of conducting negotiations between representativesSpheres of Influence - diplomatic term referring to an area where a country has strong control of weaker areasProtectorate - a country controls/protects a smaller country (Cuba was a U.S. protectorate)Arbitration - method of solving disputes, settling of disagreementsOld Diplomacy- noninterventionist (we stayed out of international affairs)- isolationist (acted alone in foreign affairs)- passive and reactive (waited for events to occur then acted accordingly)- weak military compared to other superpowersNew Diplomacy- imperialistic (conquering other territories)- stronger military- interventionist (took part in foreign affairs)- strong nationalism (pride in country)
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