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

2. The _____________ view surpasses the expansionism view for most of the remainder of the 1800s.
(a) Independent.
(b) Isolationist.
(c) Democrat.
(d) Republican.

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

4. What creates a harsh feudal system when it comes to land ownership and taxation?
(a) The "esclavitud" system.
(b) The "encomienda" system.
(c) The "pobre" system.
(d) The "Spaniard" system.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Theodore Roosevelt is a student of Mahan's THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER ON HISTORY and desires to make the United States what?

2. During the mid 1800s, the American desire to become a world power and be taken seriously _____________.

3. On what do the Spanish soldiers excitedly concentrate?

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

5. What effect do modest reforms have on the leaders in the Philippines?

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