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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. What Portuguese explorer leads a successful voyage around the Horn of Africa and lands in India in 1498?

2. From where does the Spaniards' main threat come?

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

4. What becomes more common for Filipinos?

5. How do American commanders and troops retaliate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Aguinaldo in mid-1900.

2. What is Emilio Aguinaldo doing at this time?

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

4. What did Prince Henry do for Portuguese exploration?

5. What good does General Otis do for the natives?

6. What is happening in the United States during this same time period?

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

8. Describe Magellan's voyage beginning in 1519.

9. Describe the beginning of the war.

10. What occurs after a rebellion in Cuba takes place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Douglas MacArthur is like his father in many ways.

Part 1) Describe Douglas. How is he like his father?

Part 2) How does his behavior and personality affect those around him?

Part 3) Was he raised to be this way? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Douglas MacArthur was a decent strategist but not a great one.

Part 1) How was he a decent strategist?

Part 2) Why was he not a great one?

Part 3) What roll does his personality play in his abilities as a strategist?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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