AAPI Cultures - Quiz 5 - Cultures of US Imperialism

Imperialism is...

• the policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas

• control over all aspects of land, culture, economic goods, policy, government forcibly

• a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs

• an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit

What is the difference between imperialism and colonization?

According to Craig Santos Perez, what is the Chamorro special?

• eggs, spam, potatoes, rice, and corned beef for $9.95

• fried rice and spam for $9.95

• fried rice, two eggs, one corned beef hash patty for $9.95

• corned beef on banana leafs, taro, and coconut milk for $9.95

True or False: Chamorro men were drafted into the Vietnam and Korean War

• True

• False

Why do you think Craig Santos Perez includes DEIS public comments in his poems?

When were the people of Guam given US citizenship?

• 1521 when Magellan came

• 1898 after the US won the Spanish-American War

• 1944 when US re-colonized Guam after Japan occupation

• 1950 in the Guam Organic Act

Name at least 3 impacts of imperialism on Pacific Islanders. Bonus points if you provide concrete examples that we've talked about in class or you've done your own research on before in the past.

Name one aspect of imperialistic ideology. In other words, how do countries justify imperialism?

Imperialism is direct or indirect control of one's country through policy or territorial occupation. How do you think policy and economic control influence culture?