(1) ( ) The Indian nationalist leader of the 20th century who is (A) Mao Zedong
best known for helping India gain its independence through (B) Tokugawa
peaceful protests or “non-violent non-cooperation”.: (C) Pearl Harbor
(D) Indonesia
(2) ( ) The “Muslim portion” of what used to be “British India”: (E) Singapore
(F) Philippines
(3) ( ) What China & India rank #1 and #2 in respectively; they’ll (G) Manchuria
probably “switch places” by the middle of this century.: (H) Opium Production
( I ) Mahatma Gandhi
(4) ( ) The Japanese family that controlled the position of “shogun” (J) Douglas MacArthur
from the early 1600’s until 1868.: (K) Modernizing by
copying the “West”
(5) ( ) The war that gave the U.S. an “island empire”.: (L) Population
(M) Hiroshima
(6) ( ) The policy that the U.S. wanted all countries to follow with (N) Pakistan
regards to trading with China in the early 1900’s.: (O) Hawaii
(P) Samoa
(7) ( ) What the “Meiji era” was all about in Japan.: (Q) Returning to Shinto’s
traditional beliefs
(8) ( ) The “target” for the world’s first atomic bomb drop in war.: (R) Tokyo
(S) Beijing
(9) ( ) The leader of Communist China from 1949 until the mid-1970’s.: (T) Sun Yat-sen
(U) Chiang Kai-shek
(10)( ) The island where “Nationalist China” has been located since 1949.: (V) Spanish-American
(W) World War 1
(11)( ) What “Siam” is now called.: (X) World War 2
(Y) “Open Door”
(12)( ) What Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia used to be called.: (Z) “Speak Softly &
Carry a Big Stick”
(13)( ) The naval base the U.S. controls in Cuba despite its “lease” (AA) the Panama Canal
“being up” in the year 2000.: (BB) the East Indies
(CC) Indo-china
(14)( ) What Japan called “Manchukuo” from 1931 until 1945.: (DD) Thailand
(EE) Taiwan (Formosa)
(15)( ) The man who began to change Mao’s policies of “isolationism (FF) Guantanamo
and hostility to the West” to “modernization, industrialization (GG) Deng Xiao-ping
and cooperation with the West.: (HH) “In Perpetuity”
( I I ) “Boxers”
(16)( ) What Great Britain received from China as a result of the ( JJ ) Pancho Villa
“Opium War” of 1839-1842.: (KK) Hong Kong
(LL) Korea
(17) _____ Which American President said in foreign policy the U.S. should “speak softly and
carry a big stick” in regards to smaller, weaker countries? (A) Jimmy Carter
(B) Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt (C) John Kennedy (D) George Bush
(E) Franklin Roosevelt
(18) _____ Which American President was a “Rough Rider” during the Spanish-American War,
“stole” the Panama Canal Zone in 1903, and won the Nobel peace prize in 1905 for
helping to settle the Russo-Japanese War? (A) Jimmy Carter
(B) Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt (C) John Kennedy (D) George Bush
(E) Franklin Roosevelt
(19) _____ Which American President renegotiated the terms of the Panama Canal Treaty in 1979?
(A) Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt (B) John kennedy (C) Jimmy Carter
(D) Franklin Roosevelt (E) Ronald Reagan
(20) _____ Which American President said the U.S. needed to start acting like a “Good Neighbor”
toward the countries of Latin America instead of menacing them with threats of
military force? (A) Jimmy Carter (B) George Bush
(C) Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt (D) Franklin Roosevelt (E) Ronald Reagan
(21) _____ Which American President almost became embroiled in “World War 3” over the incident
called the “Cuban Missile Crisis”? (A) Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt
(B) Jimmy Carter (C) Ronald Reagan (D) Franklin Roosevelt
(E) John Kennedy
(22) _____ When were U.S. troops most actively involved in fighting the “Vietnam War”?
(A) 1941-1945 (B) 1898 (C) 1950-1953 (D) 1964-1974 (E) 2004
(23) Name three foreign countries the U.S. sent its troops into between 1900 and 1934 against the wishes
of that country: ___________________ __________________ ________________
(24) The “Platt Amendment” to the Cuban constitution made Cuba an American P_________________
between 1900 and 1934.
(25) _____ What country controlled much of China in the 1930’s and early 1940’s?
(A) Japan (B) Russia (C) Great Britain (D) France (E) the United States
(26) Why has the name “Guantanamo” been in the news so much in recent months?
Why didn’t we honor our “lease commitment” there in 2000?
(27) How did the renegotiated “1979 Panama Canal Treaty” change the original “1903 treaty”?