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EC: Week 36 Assessment: Japan Unit Test Quiz: Part II
EC: Week 36 Assessment: Japan Unit Test Quiz: Part II
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1
Edo was the capital of Japan under Tokugawa Ieyasu.
True
False
2
Because most of Japan is mountainous, its people lived mostly
on the smallest islands.
in river valleys and coastal plains.
3
Following World War II, Japan became an economic power by
keeping its tariffs high, emphasizing hard work, and imposing government...
adhering to Germany's plan for their post-war rehabilitation.
4
Why did the Western nations want to end Japan's isolation?
They wanted to open Japan's ports to trade.
They wanted to invade Japan and colonize it.
5
After the end of World War II, how did the American occupation of Japan impact Japanese social systems?
Civil liberties were reduced as a result of military control.
More citizens had access to education.
6
In feudal Japan, real power lay in the hands of the
shogun.
empress.
7
Which battle helped the United States to establish dominance in the Pacific Theater of World War II?
Midway
Okinawa
8
How did the government and Japanese society react when Japan was forced to accept unequal treaties?
The samurai and daimyo restored the emperor to power and worked to...
The samurai and daimyo rebelled and restored the shogun to power.
9
The followers of Shinto honored their beliefs by
learning their religion from the Koreans.
worshiping their ancestors and the forces of nature.
10
_____________is the capital of modern Japan.
Tokyo
Seoul
11
__________ was the emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989.
Tokugawa
Hirohito
12
The League of Nations reacted to Japan's actions in Manchuria by
applauding Japanese efforts.
condemning Japanese aggression.
13
Much of Japan was too mountainous to farm, so people settled in river valleys and along the coast.
True
False
14
Iwo Jima was important to the Allies because
Japan used airfields on the island to support its naval forces.
it contained valuable mineral resources.
15
An archipelago is a chain of islands.
True
False
16
Japan seized Manchuria and north China because
Japan needed raw materials for its industries.
Manchuria contained strategic military bases.
17
Bushido is the code that samurai warriors lived by.
False
True
18
A ___________is a large Japanese business conglomerate.
proletariat
zaibatsu
19
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
caused the Japanese seizure of Manchuria.
ended the war in the Pacific.
20
Why was Japan so successful at turning itself from an isolated nation into an imperialist power?
The Japanese studied Western culture and systematically restructured...
Japan formed a strong alliance with the U.S. against European powers.
21
Japan lies in a region known as the "Ring of Fire," which is made up of a chain of...
islands that encircle the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
volcanoes that encircle the Pacific Ocean.
22
The shogun distributed lands to the
daimyo.
emperor.
23
Like Korea, the Japanese people are largely _______________.
homogenous
heterogeneous
24
How did Japanese shoguns end the violence of feudal warfare?
They imprisoned the samurai.
They imposed central government on the country.
25
The seas surrounding Japan caused its people to
believe that Japan had a unique and separate destiny...
stop farming, which was unproductive, and subsist only on fish.
26
Which person led the occupation forces in Japan after World War II?
Woodrow Wilson
Douglas MacArthur
27
How did women fare during Japan's feudal age?
Their position steadily declined.
Their lives were constantly in danger.
28
Who was the "Prime Minister/Military Dictator" in Japan during World War II?
Hideki Tojo
Xi Jinping
29
Japanese spirits who inhabited different elements of nature were called
jin.
kami.
30
In 1931, the Japanese army conquered Manchuria and called the new state they formed ________________.
Mongolia
Manchukuo
31
Who were the "outcasts" of Japan?
Merchants
Eta