Lesson 6.1 - Expansion in the Pacific

Multiple Choice

The policy of avoiding involvement in the affairs of other countries.

• Isolationism

• Expansionism

• Imperalism

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of the Treaty of Kangawa?

• It is how the U.S. acquired Alaska

• It established a relationship between the U.S. and Japan

• It ended the fighting in Hawaii

Multiple Choice

From whom did the United States get Alaska from for $7.2 million?

• Canada

• Japan

• Russia

Multiple Choice

Most Americans believed the purchase of Alaska was a terrible idea.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The policy of conquering weaker nations to control them economically and politically.

• Imperialism

• Isolationism

• Racism

Multiple Select

Which of the following was a motivating factor for European countries during the Age of Imperialism? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY!

• They needed raw materials and new markets to grow their economy.

• They wanted to spread their culture to places they felt were less civilized.

• They wanted to prevent their European rivals from acquiring valuable territories.

Multiple Choice

Why did some American support the take over of territory in Central and South America by the United States?

• The countries in South America had modern naval technology the U.S. wanted

• That territory had previously been owned by the United States

• America should introduce democracy and Christianity to other countries

Multiple Choice

Why did American farmers move to Hawaii?

• It had a great climate with very rich soil

• Hawaii still allowed slave labor

Multiple Choice

Why did Americans living in Hawaii overthrow the Hawaiian Queen?

• The land lease they had signed was ending.

• She attempted to reduce the political power of American planters.

• The Queen took away their right to practice Catholicism.

Multiple Choice

Why was China an easy target for industrialized nations?

• China’s government sought out relationships with powerful nations.

• China was a country with very little territory.

• China was not yet industrialized and had been weak from years of civil war.