Unit 5 Vocab

5. President Theodore Roosevelt’s claim that the United States could intervene to preserve peace and order in the Western Hemisphere and protect U.S. interests
6. The process of constructing political institutions and a stable government in a country
9. Yielding to an enemy’s demands in order to maintain peace
13. Chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons that can inflict extremely severe damage on a very large scale
14. An economic or political system in which the state or the community owns all property and the means of production
16. The forced removal and murder of ethnic groups from a region
17. A series of international agreements that set rules for proper conduct toward sick and wounded enemy soldiers and the civilians who take care of them during armed conflict

1. A military campaign designed to wear down the enemy's strength
2. A war in which the superpowers backed different sides, which acted as substitutes (proxies) for the superpowers themselves
3. The global struggle for power and influence between the United States and the Soviet Union that followed World War II
4. A governing system in which a ruling elite holds all power and controls all aspects of society, allowing no opposition and often maintaining power with the use of terror and secret police
7. The policy of extending a nation’s power by gaining political and economic control over other countries
8. A political philosophy or system marked by strong central authority that places the nation above individual rights and freedoms
10. The U.S. policy of fighting the spread of communism by limiting it to countries where it already existed
11. The practice of spying or using spies to obtain information
12. A competition to develop and manufacture more and more powerful weapons
15. Devotion to a national or ethnic identity, including the desire for independence from rule by foreign countries