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Japan – The Meiji Restoration, Japanese Imperialism, and the Build-up to World War II in Asia
1. The _____ family ruled Japan from 1603 until 1868.
Edo
Meiji
Qing
Tokugawa
2. The time period of the Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1868) is also known as the _____.
Age of Imperialism
Edo period
Meiji Restoration
Way of the Warrior
3. The Japanese emperor is the _____.
daimyo
mikado
ronin
shogun
4. After 1635, all but which of the following countries was allowed to trade at Nagasaki a few
times per year?
China
Great Britain
Korea
Netherlands
5. _____ was the “way of the warrior,” a chivalric code followed by samurai.
Bushido
Daimyo
Meiji
Mikado
6. Samurai without masters were known as _____.
daimyo
ninja
ronin
shogun
7. A _____ was a warrior trained to use unorthodox fighting methods.
mikado
ninja
ronin
shogun
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8. What American naval officer famously used gunboat diplomacy in trade negotiations with
Japan during the 1850s?
Daniel Boone
Matthew Perry
Townsend Harris
William Sherman
9. What United States Consul General to Japan secured a commercial treaty between the U.S.
and Japan in 1858?
Frederick Douglass
Matthew Perry
Townsend Harris
Ulysses S. Grant
10. Which of the following statements is not true of Japan during the Edo period?
Growing internal trade
Japan sent trading missions throughout Asia
Merchants began to surpass the samurai in wealth
Religion was a mixture of native Shintoism and Chinese Confucianism
11. The Japanese referred to Western knowledge as _____.
bushido
Confucianism
Dutch learning
Shinto
12. In the late 19th century, Japanese leaders felt that they would be in a better position to
renegotiate trade treaties, and be less likely to be imposed upon, if they adopted Western ways
(democracy, imperialism, industrialization, militarization, and modernization).
True
False
13. The reign of Emperor Mutsuhito was known as the _____.
Edo
Meiji
Shinto
Tokugawa
14. What is the name of Japan’s bicameral legislature, which first convened in 1889?
Congress
Convention
Diet
Parliament
15. Japan adopted its currency, the _____, in 1872.
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dollar
peso
pound
yen
16. What were large Japanese conglomerates called?
daimyo
shogunates
yens
zaibatsu
17. During the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese used the military of what country as the primary
model for its own military?
France
Germany
Great Britain
Netherlands
18. Which of the following was not a reason for the imperialization of Japan?
Desire to send out Shinto missionaries
Lack of fertile land for agriculture
Need for the raw materials of industry
Response to Western imperialism
19. Which of the following was not gained by Japan as a result of the First Sino-Japanese War
(1894-1895)?
Control of Hong Kong
Formosa (Taiwan)
Liaotung peninsula in Manchuria
Sphere of influence in Korea
20. What war marked the first defeat of a major European country by an Asian country?
Russo-Japanese War
Seven Years’ War
Sino-Japanese War
World War I
21. Following World War I, Japan received _____’s mandates over Asian islands and its leases
in the Shantung peninsula.
Austria
Germany
Italy
Russia
22. The _____ (1922) placed size limits on navies, granting Japan three ships for every five
American or British ships.
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Four Power Pact
Meiji Constitution
Nine Power Treaty
Washington Conference
23. The _____ between France, Great Britain, Japan, and the United States was a pledge that
one another’s colonial possessions would be respected.
Four Power Pact
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Nine Power Treaty
Portsmouth Treaty
24. The _____ was sent to China by the League of Nations to investigate the 1931 Japanese
conquest of Manchuria.
Japanese emperor
Lytton Commission
Perry fleet
Washington Conference
25. Under the _____, the United States refused to recognize any of Japan’s actions in
Manchuria during the 1930s.
Lytton Commission
Monroe Doctrine
Platt Amendment
Stimson Doctrine
26. What was the Japanese name for Manchuria during the 1930s and early 1940s?
Manchu peninsula
Manchukuo
Manchuria 2.0
New Japan
27. The Second Sino-Japanese War began in _____.
1935
1936
1937
1938
28. Japan joined the _____ in 1940.
Allied Powers
Axis Powers
British Empire
League of Nations
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