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The German Administration of the Northern Mariana Islands

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 6hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first district officer for the German Northern Marianas?

(a)  

2.

Who is this?

a)

Dr. Paul Schnee

b)

Dr. Don Cristobal de Aguilar

c)

Dr. Robert Koch

d)

Dr. Spongebob Squarepants

3.

What year did Fritz establish public education?

a)

1902

b)

1900

c)

1905

d)

1903

4.

Who was one of the first Carolinian students to be sent for vocational training at the German naval base at Tsingtao, China?

a)

Henry Cabot Lodge

b)

Juan Pedro Itubus

c)

Hermann Woitschek

d)

Francisco Resano

5.

April _, NMI downgraded to from district to station office

a)

April 2

b)

April 4

c)

April 1

d)

April 3

6.

Who would have arrived and take control of the educational system?

(a)  

7.

The First World War would end the German administration at the hands of the Japanese on November 2, _____.

a)

1914

b)

1916

c)

1917

d)

1915

8.

On September 22, 1907, the Marianas Islands were struck by a series of earthquakes.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Japan formally declared war on Germany on August 23, 1914.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

____, First wave of Chamorro migration from Guam to Saipan. Land registration established.

a)

1901

b)

1900

c)

1902

d)

1904

11.

What was the population of Saipan at the beginning of the German administration?

a)

1,500

b)

1,700

c)

1,600

d)

1,400

12.

Who is this?

a)

Don Eugenio Blanco

b)

Captain Richard P. Leary

c)

Captain Henry Glass

13.

How long did it take Fritz's reports to get to his boss in New Guinea?

a)

Six Months

b)

Five Months

c)

Four Months

d)

Three Months

14.

Who purchased copra from the Northern Mariana Islands?

(a)  

15.

What natural disasters occurred in the Northern Marianas during the German administration? There are two answers in this question.

a)

Landslide

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Volcanic Eruptions

d)

Flooding

16.

What date did the Spanish officials formally hand-over of the NMI to Germany?

a)

November 17,1898

b)

November 17, 1899

c)

November 17, 1897

d)

November 17, 1896

17.

Who became the first government physician in the NMI?

a)

Dr. Jake Paul

b)

Dr. Paul Schnee

c)

Dr. Clare Flank

d)

Dr. Waid Fritz

18.

NMI downgraded to from district to station office on what date?

a)

April 1, 1906

b)

April 1, 1908

c)

April 1, 1900

d)

April 1, 1907

19.

German Capuchin keeps and improves the Spanish Recollects.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What year did the United States annexes the Hawaiian Islands and the eastern islands of Samoa (American Samoa)?

a)

1900

b)

1898

c)

1899

d)

1897

21.

Who started a soap factory on Saipan, in 1910?

a)

Otto Paulisch

b)

Karl Kirin

c)

Josef Ada

d)

Walter Boehme

22.

Who was the president of the United States when the Treaty of Paris, ending the war with Spain, was negotiated?

a)

Pedro Ada

b)

Nicolas Diaz

c)

Mariano Sablan

d)

William McKinley

23.

NMI land titles were formally registered in 1902.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

In March of ____, Fritz travelled to Rota on the Japanese schooner Tokai Maru.

a)

1901

b)

1903

c)

1902

d)

1900

25.

The German flag was struck, and the flag of imperial Japan arose over the Marianas on October 14, ____

a)

1916

b)

1914

c)

1917

d)

1911