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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. On what do the Spanish soldiers excitedly concentrate?

2. What explorer first finds the Philippines?

3. What takes off in Europe and creates a demand for a viable route to the Far East?

4. With the Spanish fleet destroyed in Manila, McKinley appoints _________ to command the U.S. Army to take the city itself, still held by the Spanish.

5. In whose footsteps does Magellan follow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Prince Henry do for Portuguese exploration?

2. Describe the beginning of the war.

3. What happens to Aguinaldo when McKinley easily sweeps the elections for a second term?

4. What happens when more American troops are requested?

5. What takes place during the mid 1800s in America?

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

7. What does McKinley do when the Spanish fleet is destroyed in Manila?

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

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

10. What do the Anti-Imperialists feel about the expansionist movement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ninoy Aquino is killed when returning to the Philippines.

Part 1) Why does he return? Was this a good idea? Why or why not?

Part 2) Who might have had him killed? Why how do you know this?

Part 3) Does his death help or hurt his cause? Why?

Essay Topic 2

An intimate relationship has developed between the United States and the Philippines over the past one hundred years.

Part 1) Describe this relationship. How did it begin?

Part 2) How has the relationship evolved? How do these changes reflect the changes of opinion by Americans and United States' leadership?

Part 3) How have these changes made the Philippines what it is today?

Essay Topic 3

There is some foreshadowing enhance the story for the reader?

Part 1) Describe two examples of foreshadowing. What do these examples foreshadow?

Part 2) How does this foreshadowing enhance the story for the reader?

Part 3) How can leaders of today learn from these foreshadowed events?

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