Imperialism Test 2025

The purpose of the Monroe Doctrine was to:

• Encourage U.S. expansion into Africa

• Warn European powers not to interfere in the Americas

• Divide China into spheres of influence

• Justify U.S. involvement in World War I

Which nation did the United States convince Panama to declare independence from so they could build the canal?

• Colombia
• Cuba
• Spain

• Costa Rica

This major piece of infrastructure connected the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean by water.

• Panama Canal
• Panama Railway
• Suez Canal
• Magellan Strait

Theodore Roosevelt practiced this policy in Latin America. Negotiating peacefully but also having strength in case things go wrong.

• Big Stick Diplomacy

• Dollar Diplomacy
• Open Door Policy
• Monroe Doctrine

What was the main goal of the Open Door Policy?

• To ensure equal trading rights for all nations in China.
• To establish a monopoly for one nation in China.
• To limit foreign influence in Chinese markets.
• To promote military intervention in China.

What event or concept is depicted in this cartoon?

• Laissez Faire

• Treaty of Versaillies

• Monroe Doctrine

• Big Stick

The ____, which lasted from 1603-1868, was a time of isolation in Japan.

• Boxer Rebellion

• Tokugawa Shogunate

• Opium Wars

• Industrial Revolution

What was "Seward’s Ice Box" referring to?

• The purchase of Alaska

• A naval base in Hawaii

• The U.S. acquistion of the Philippines

• The building of the Panama Canal

What is the term for a policy where stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories?

• Nationalism
• Colonialism
• Imperialism
• Isolationism

What canal, which shares a border with Egypt, was sought after by the country represented in this picture.

• Suez

• Panama

• Nile

• Maine