GRUDGEBALL REVIEW

LEARNING TARGET: I CAN ANALYZE HOW ECONOMIC, POLITICAL,

SOCIAL, MILITARY, AND RELIGIOUS FACTORS INFLUENCED US
IMPERIALISM
 HOW TO PLAY
You will be placed into 4 teams. Each team gets a whiteboard and dry-erase
marker. Write your answers on the whiteboards and hold them up. Each
team starts the game with TEN Xs on the large whiteboard. The goal of the
game is to finish with the most Xs!
If your team answers correctly, you get to select one member to come to
the board and erase TWO Xs from another team. If you choose to shoot a
basket from your seat, you can erase THREE. You can choose to erase 2
from a single team, or you can split them between two teams (1 for each).
You CANNOT erase from your own team.
If your team is eliminated, you can win your way back into the game by
getting an answer correct and shooting a basket for a total of 3 points.
 BY THE LATE 1800S

Western nations such as

Great Britain, France, A: workers
and Germany looked at
Africa, Asia, and Latin B: capital
America for new
customers, places to
C: raw materials
invest, and: D: ideas
 THE ANSWER IS

C: raw materials
 TWO POPULAR IDEOLOGIES

Contributed to
imperialism: a sense of A: a belief in democracy
nationalism and: B: a spirit of cooperation
C: a belief in
transcendentalism
D: a feeling of cultural
superiority
 THE ANSWER IS

D: a belief in cultural
superiority
 IN THE LATE 1800S

American
expansionists were A: tourist attraction
interested in Hawaii B: fiftieth state
as a potential: C: coaling station
and naval base
D: fishing site
 THE ANSWER IS

C: coaling station and naval base

But the U.S. also wanted a certain

crop from Hawaii as well
 WHICH HAWAIIN CROP INTERESTED THE
U.S.?
A: pineapples
B: sugar
C: coconuts
D: tobacco
 THE ANSWER IS

B: sugar
 U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN HAY

Proposed the Open A: Japanese threats

Door Policy in China B: European spheres
in opposition to: of influence
C: the Boxer Rebellion
D: the Russo-
Japanese war
 THE ANSWER IS

B: European spheres of
influence
 WHAT IS A SPHERE OF
INFLUENCE?

Short answer! You have 2

minutes, GO.
A sphere of influence is when one
country or state has economic, political,
or military power over another nation.
 THE UNITED STATES SUPPORTED

Panamanian
revolutionaries in A: Spain
1903 in their fight for B: France
independence from:
C: Colombia
D: Chile
 THE ANSWER IS

C: Colombia
WHERE IS PANAMA?
PANAMA IS #8!
CHRONIC WRONGDOINGIN THE
WESTERN HEMISPHEREMAY FORCE THE
UNITED STATES, HOWEVER RELUCTANTLY A: Monroe Doctrine
TO THE EXERCISE OF AN INTERNATIONAL
POLICE POWER B: Panama Treaty

C: Open Door Policy

This excerpt directed at European
powers is known as the Roosevelt D: Pan American
Corollary to the: Union
 THE ANSWER IS

A: Monroe Doctrine
 WHAT IS THE OPEN DOOR
POLICY?
A: a policy to give all nations equal
rights to China for trade
B: to leave all U.S. borders open
C: a policy proposed by John Hay
D: both A & C
 THE ANSWER IS

D: both A & C
SOCIAL DARWINISM ENCOURAGED PEOPLE IN
INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS TO BELIEVE THAT:
A: they were superior to people who lived in less developed countries

B: they were inferior to people who lived in less developed countries

C: evolution impacted the culture of a nations inhabitants as much

as it did the adaptation of species

D: economic soundness resulted from cooperating with and showing

respect for others nations
 THE ANSWER IS

A: they were superior to

people who lived in less
developed countries
 IN THE LATE 1800S, WHAT MOTIVATED THE
UNITED STATES TO CLAIM TERRITORIES ABROAD?
A: The United States believed it had much to learn from studying the
way other countries handled production and distribution of goods

B: Americans wanted to learn about other religious faiths

C: The United States was eager to find new markets and military
advantages

D: Americans wanted to find restful destinations where nothing was

polluted
 THE ANSWER IS

C: The United States was eager to

find new markets and military
advantages
 WHAT WAS THE BOXER REBELLION?
WHERE DID IT OCCUR?
A: A Chinese group known as the Boxers were anti-
foreigner and began attacking foreign Christian
missionaries and Chinese Christians

B: Boxers in the U.S. rose up in rebellion

C: Americans began rebelling against Japan

D: None of the above

 THE ANSWER IS

A: A Chinese group known as the Boxers

were anti-foreigner and began attacking
foreign Christian missionaries and
Chinese Christians
 HOW DID THE BOXER REBELLION INCREASE
SUPPORT FOR THE OPEN DOOR POLICY
A: Japan realized that it needed the United States

B: Westerners realized that they could more effectively exploit

China if they stuck together

C: China realized that Western trade was necessary to its survival

D: China and the Western nations worked out a series of policies

to enable trade to flow through third parties
 THE ANSWER IS

B: Westerners realized that they could

more effectively exploit China if they
stuck together
 WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS TRUE ABOUT THE
CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING UP TO U.S. SUPPORT OF THE
OPEN DOOR POLICY?
A: American leaders thought it was too late to secure a sphere of
influence in China

B: The United States felt that Chinas traditional wish for isolation
should be honored

C: Russia was best poised to exert power in the Philippines

D. Christian missionaries had joined with the Boxers to protest

Chinese trade with the United States
 THE ANSWER IS

A: American leaders thought it

was too late to secure a sphere of
influence in China