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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Magellan wrongly charged with corruption, then exonerated?
(a) Lyon.
(b) London.
(c) Lexington.
(d) Lisbon.

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

3. What kind of relationship exists between the United States and the Philippines?
(a) A healthy relationship.
(b) A relationship full of hatred.
(c) A loving relationship.
(d) A love/hate relationship.

4. Soon, what happens to the local chiefs regarding their people?
(a) They become more protective of their people.
(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 flee the country and leave their people defenseless.

5. What stories heavily influence the natives?
(a) Local.
(b) Christian.
(c) Pagan.
(d) Western.

6. 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 mighty nation.
(b) A pampered nation.
(c) A negligent nation.
(d) A haughty nation.

7. 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.

8. 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 Man."
(c) The "Age of the Dinosaurs."
(d) The "Age of Enlightenment."

9. The country is ruled indirectly from what for three hundred years?
(a) Japan.
(b) The United States.
(c) The Vatican and Rome.
(d) The Spanish.

10. For how long does Spain keep the Philippines in a state of near suspended animation?
(a) Ten years.
(b) More than five hundred years.
(c) More than three hundred years.
(d) Two hundred years.

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

12. By the end of the day, how many Filipinos are dead?
(a) Three hundred thousand.
(b) Thirteen thousand.
(c) Three thousand.
(d) Three hundred.

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

14. What were the Philippines to the Spanish initially?
(a) A state.
(b) An ally.
(c) An enemy.
(d) A colony.

15. In mid-1900, what hope is Aguinaldo still holding out?
(a) McKinley will win the next election.
(b) That McKinley will stand up for his beliefs.
(c) McKinley can be defeated in the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
(d) McKinley will change his views on the Philippines as a colony.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does MacArthur compare to Taft when dealing with prisoners and non-combatant civilians?

2. What has happened to McKinley's inauguration pledge to not seek to gain territory beyond the borders of the United States?

3. McKinley does not want complications with the insurgents, but is still trying to do what?

4. How is the carnage affecting many American troops?

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

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