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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, America Goes Global.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Soon, what happens to the local chiefs regarding their people?
(a) They are corrupted by the process and work with the Spaniards against their citizenry.
(b) They become more protective of their people.
(c) They flee the country and leave their people defenseless.
(d) They help the Spanish assimilate to the native culture.

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

3. As Filipinos gain power and prestige, what happens to their relationship with Spain?
(a) It becomes more protective.
(b) It becomes friendlier.
(c) It becomes stronger.
(d) It becomes strained.

4. Mark Twain, Samuel Gompers and _________________ find themselves oddly on the same side of the expansionism issue.
(a) John Ford.
(b) Andrew Carnegie.
(c) Thomas Eakins.
(d) Solomon R. Guggenheim.

5. On what do the Spanish soldiers excitedly concentrate?
(a) Collecting revenue and converting the population to Christianity.
(b) Finding a route to enhance their power in the spice trade.
(c) Preparing the Philippine people to be independent.
(d) Selling the Philippines to the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the explorer looking for when he discovered the Philippines?

2. How and when does the huge Philippine sugar trade begin enticing numerous other countries to the area?

3. What kind of relationship exists between the United States and the Philippines?

4. What Portuguese explorer leads a successful voyage around the Horn of Africa and lands in India in 1498?

5. How many weeks does it take to reach the Pacific Ocean?

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