5th Grade Social Studies Ch. 9
Vocabulary
Mrs. Thornburg’s version
Vocabulary Terms in 5th Grade
Social Studies Ch. 9
Alliance
Imperialism
Isthmus
Nationalism
Rations
Yellow Journalism
Armistice
Isolationism
Militarism
Propaganda
Trench Warfare
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