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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Little Brown Brothers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. European countries move out by sea and land to explore the unknown reaches of the world in what is known as what?
(a) The "Age of Discovery."
(b) The "Age of Enlightenment."
(c) The "Age of the Dinosaurs."
(d) The "Age of Man."

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

3. Theodore Roosevelt is a student of Mahan's THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER ON HISTORY and desires to make the United States what?
(a) A haughty nation.
(b) A negligent nation.
(c) A pampered nation.
(d) A mighty nation.

4. What do Aguinaldo's men do to American prisoners?
(a) They send video recordings of them to politicians in the United States.
(b) They are kind and humane.
(c) They make them work in labor camps.
(d) They torture and kill them in gruesome ways.

5. What effect do modest reforms have on the leaders in the Philippines?
(a) It decreases the power of both the Spanish bureaucrats and the church.
(b) This limits the power of the church, but actually increases the power of the Spanish bureaucrats.
(c) It increases the power of both Spanish bureaucrats and the church.
(d) This limits the power of the Spanish bureaucrats, but actually increases the power of the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do American commanders and troops retaliate?

2. How does Aguinaldo feel when he finds out about Dewey's triumph against the Spanish fleet?

3. Why does Aguinaldo depart to the mainland?

4. When did the United States take the Philippines as a "prize?"

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

(see the answer key)

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