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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do priests adapt to life in the Philippines?

2. Why does this person agree to depart for Manila to take the position of governor?

3. When asked to clarify the overall U.S. mission, how does McKinley respond?

4. What do the commission reports recommend?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when young Filipino men are educated abroad?

2. How does Aguinaldo change his tactics? How does this affect both sides?

3. Why does Aginaldo become upset with Dewey?

4. Describe Magellan's voyage beginning in 1519.

5. How do the Americans deal with guerrilla tactics?

6. Describe the religion in the Philippines under Spanish rule.

7. Describe the beginning of the war.

8. What takes place when Cleveland is replaced by McKinley?

9. What effect does the belief that the U.S. could benefit from having a colony in the Far East have on the United States?

10. What is Emilio Aguinaldo doing at this time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The first circumnavigation of the earth is much less heroic than portrayed in many textbooks.

Part 1) Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate the earth? Explain this voyage. Is it what you had expected it to be? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does this voyage reflect the needs and desires of those living at the time the exploration took place?

Part 3) How does this exploration affect the relationships between various peoples around the world?

Essay Topic 2

There is a theme of ego and arrogance.

Part 1) How is this a theme?

Part 2) Are you surprised by this theme? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this ego and arrogance still exist today?

Essay Topic 3

Cory Aquino is elected president of the Philippines.

Part 1) Why is she elected? Was she a good choice? Why or why not?

Part 2) Is she able to do what the people ask of her? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does her time as President affect Filipinos?

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