4 Written Questions

1. small country ruled by and/or protected by a larger one
2. a nation's direct or indirect control over the government or economy of other usually smaller or weaker nations
3. The trip around South America took a long time. It also slowed down trade between the coasts. As a result, U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt decided to build a canal across this area to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
4. One of the most energetic East India Company officials; he led British and Indian soldiers against French forts

4 Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1819 a British official named Thomas Stamford Raffles founded a colony on a small island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula. Known as the "city of the lion", it became an important port for ships going to and from China.
   1. Panama
   2. sepoy
   3. Cuba
   4. Singapore
2. area in which an imperial or foreign power has exclusive rights and privileges
   1. Philippines
   2. Robert Clive
   3. sphere of influence
   4. Singapore
3. settlement in a new territory that keeps close ties with its homeland
   1. Cuba
   2. Panama
   3. sepoy
   4. colony
4. Indian soldier hired by the British East India Company to protect the company's interests in the region
   1. Cuba
   2. sepoy
   3. colony
   4. Singapore

4 True/False Questions

1. Cuba → The trip around South America took a long time. It also slowed down trade between the coasts. As a result, U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt decided to build a canal across this area to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

   True        False

2. William McKinley → U.S. president who sent the U.S. battleship Maine to protect Americans who lived and worked in Cuba

   True        False

3. Philippines → country in Asia that became an American territory after the U.S. defeated Spain in 1898

   True        False

4. Leopold II → Indian soldier hired by the British East India Company to protect the company's interests in the region

   True        False