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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Civilizing with a Krag.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where does the Spaniards' main threat come?
(a) Japanese, Swedish, Indian, and Italian nations.
(b) Argentinian, Chilean, Brazilian, and Venezuelan nations.
(c) Iranian, Pakistani, Mongolian, and Puerto Rican nations.
(d) English, Portuguese, Chinese, and Dutch nations.

2. What is the result of Dewey's cutting the telegraph cable out of Manila?
(a) It greatly slows down direct communication.
(b) It causes widespread fear.
(c) It causes a war.
(d) It encourages Filipino ingenuity.

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

4. Over what is the actual war triggered?
(a) A large battle on February 4, 1900.
(b) A large battle on February 4, 1899.
(c) A small skirmish on February 4, 1899.
(d) A small skirmish on February 4, 1900.

5. What are many powerful individuals now considering?
(a) The possible benefits of a U.S. colony in the Far East.
(b) The uselessness of a U.S. colony in the Far East.
(c) The excitement of a U.S. colony in the Far East.
(d) The possible harm a U.S. colony would cause a group of people in the Far East.

Short Answer Questions

1. The country is ruled indirectly from what for three hundred years?

2. What were the Philippines to the Spanish initially?

3. What do the Americans do to the village of Caloocan?

4. What does Aguinaldo assume that the United States will guarantee for the Philippines?

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

(see the answer key)

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