5th Grade Social Studies Ch. 9 Vocabulary

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Vocabulary Terms in 5th Grade Social Studies Ch. 9

Alliance Armistice

Imperialism Isolationism

Isthmus Militarism

Nationalism Propaganda

Rations Trench Warfare

Yellow Journalism

What do we call a narrow strip of land with water on both sides, connecting larger land masses?

Isthmus

What do we call extending a nation’s authority by acquiring territories and by dominating other

countries?

Imperialism

What do we call newspaper reporting that tells stories in an exaggerated or untruthful manner?

Yellow journalism

What do we call devotion to the culture and interests of a particular nation?

Nationalism

What do we call glorification of military spirit and ideas?

Militarism

What do we call a formal agreement or union between nations, organizations, or individuals?

Alliance

What do we call a war fought from ditches dug in the ground?

Trench warfare

What do we call limits on consumption of food and goods?

Rations

What do we call material distributed for the purposes of winning people over to a given doctrine, often without

regard to fairness or truth?

Propaganda

What do we call an agreement between two armies to stop fighting; a truce?

Armistice

What do we call the policy that a nation should avoid political and economic relationships with other countries?

Isolationism