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Rise to World Power

Authored by Julie Wood

History

6th - 8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for when powerful nations create large empires by exercising economic and political control over weaker regions?

Capitalism
Expansionism
Imperialism
Isolationism

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following drove the search for imperialism?

Gold
Land
Raw materials and markets
New trade routes

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who pushed for a canal across Central America linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean?

Matthew Perry
William Seward
James Blaine
Alfred Thayer Mahan

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the price the United States paid to gain Alaska from Russia?

$3.5 million
$7.2 million
$10 million
$100 million

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What brought an American business to Hawaii in the 1830s?

Avocado
Cotton
Pineapple
Sugar Cane

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who overthrew Queen Liliuokalani?

American businessmen
Christian missionaries
Hawaiian traders
American landowners

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Great White Fleet?

a group of 16 American warships
a rich fishing zone off the United States Pacific coast
a group of American airplanes based in Hawaii
Theodore Roosevelt's presidential staff

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