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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 strengthens Ninoy's power?

2. What does U.S. Major General Edward King do on April 9, 1942?

3. How would one describe Quezon?

4. How do some Filipinos feel as Marcos takes total power and crime plummets?

5. What is Manila dubbed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Douglas MacArthur at the beginning of this chapter.

2. What has happened in the Philippines by 1909?

3. Describe MacArthur's fateful decision.

4. Describe MacArthur's "dream" job.

5. What group forms in 1968?

6. Describe MacArthur's career as U.S. Chief of Staff.

7. What does Marcos think of Ninoy?

8. What takes place on the day Pearl Harbor is attacked?

9. Who rises to power during this time?

10. Where does Ninoy Aquino spend most of the 1970s?

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

The United States policy of improving the Philippines does help many locals.

Part 1) What is the United States policy?

Part 2) How does it improve the Philippines?

Part 3) Overall, has the United States been more helpful or detrimental to the Filipino people? Why or why not?

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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