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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What takes off in Europe and creates a demand for a viable route to the Far East?
(a) A desire for fine China.
(b) Yoga and interest in Eastern religions.
(c) The Asian spice trade.
(d) The Black Death.

2. Why does this person agree to depart for Manila to take the position of governor?
(a) He would like to learn more about the Philippine culture.
(b) He has family that lives in Manila.
(c) He has aspirations of becoming a Supreme Court judge.
(d) He enjoys traveling around the world.

3. Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
(a) A Spanish Friar.
(b) A friend of McKinley's.
(c) A Filipino insurgent.
(d) A Filipino politician.

4. How and when does the huge Philippine sugar trade begin enticing numerous other countries to the area?
(a) In the 1600s.
(b) In the 1900s.
(c) In the 1700s.
(d) In the 1800s.

5. Of what does Taft recommend U.S. sponsorship?
(a) Philippine military organizations.
(b) Philippine reserves.
(c) Philippine insurgents.
(d) Philippine civilian projects.

6. How do American commanders and troops retaliate?
(a) With a "torture the prisoners" policy.
(b) By pulling out of Manila.
(c) With an increase in forced labor camps.
(d) With a "no prisoners" policy.

7. When does the crew gaze upon the Philippines for the first time?
(a) April 1521.
(b) April 1621.
(c) March 1521.
(d) March 1621.

8. When does Ferdinand Magellan sail for India with a Portuguese fleet?
(a) 1505.
(b) 1805.
(c) 1605.
(d) 1705.

9. How do priests adapt to life in the Philippines?
(a) They abandon all aspects of their previous culture.
(b) They force the natives to comply to their way of life.
(c) They learn the language and culture, often abandoning their vows and marrying.
(d) They learn the language.

10. What was the explorer looking for when he discovered the Philippines?
(a) A spice route to the Indies.
(b) People to convert to Christianity.
(c) Territory to own.
(d) Friends.

11. How does Aguinaldo feel when McKinley easily sweeps the elections for a second term, with Roosevelt as his running mate?
(a) Devastated.
(b) Excited.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Happy.

12. Who aggressively works for forty years to send out sea voyages?
(a) Prince Charles.
(b) Prince Henry.
(c) Prince Harry.
(d) Prince William.

13. How does Aguinaldo feel when he finds out about Dewey's triumph against the Spanish fleet?
(a) He is relieved that he did not have to get involved.
(b) He is upset he hadn't been included in the planning, as well as the actual fighting.
(c) He is nervous that Dewey will turn on him.
(d) He is jealous that he was not able to do the same.

14. How many troops does Filipino General Luna quickly get to surround the city of Manila?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 300.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 3,000.

15. Of what does McKinley have no knowledge?
(a) Far Eastern affairs.
(b) Foreign affairs.
(c) Local affairs.
(d) Political affairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Philippines under Spanish rule?

2. When more troops are requested, how large does the army become within a year?

3. By the end of the day, how many Filipinos are dead?

4. Where is Magellan wrongly charged with corruption, then exonerated?

5. The _____________ view surpasses the expansionism view for most of the remainder of the 1800s.

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