Showing posts with label Are you as smart as Melly?. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Are you as smart as Melly?. Show all posts

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Are You As Smart As Melly? Take her U.S. History & Government quiz to find out!

During my cleaning frenzy today, I found my U.S. History & Government quiz on foreign policy:

Word Bank:
  • Delome
  • Treaty of Paris 1898
  • Platt Amendment
  • Panama Canal
  • "dollar diplomacy"
  • Good Neighbor Policy
  • Roosevelt Corollary
  • Open Door Policy
  • Yellow Journalism
  • Russo-Japanese War
  • Olney Interpretation
  • "moral diplomacy"

Quiz:

  1. _____ Foreign policy approach that encourages U.S. investment in other countries.
  2. _____ This policy means less emphasis on intervention and more on Pan-American cooperation.
  3. _____ U.S. foreign policy approach to China: promoted equal trade rights for all nations in China.
  4. _____ Sensationalist writing used in the media to create a "war like" mood.
  5. _____ This interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine claimed that "Today, the United States is practically sovereign of this continent..."
  6. _____ As a result of this , U.S. power increased in Cuba and Cuba became a U.S. protectorate.
  7. _____ President Theodore Roosevelt negotiated peace between the nations after Japan and Russia fought this war.
  8. _____ President Wilson used this policy towards Mexico conducting foreign affairs in terms of judgments about right and wrong.
  9. _____ This addition to the Monroe Doctrine called upon the U.S. to intervene in the Western Hemisphere and act as an international police power when necessary.
  10. _____ This ended the Spanish-American war.
  11. _____ The area in dispute between the U.S., Panama, and Colombia
  12. _____ Spanish minister who wrote a letter criticizing President McKinley
You have one week to take to this quiz and submit your answers in the comments. Bonus points for guessing how old/what grade I was when I originally took this exam. I'll post the answers on January 25th.