Move to Global War-Japan before 1931

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Under who's leadership did Japan begin to modernize its country?

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Emperor Meiji

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What major effort did the Meiji government complete that greatly benefited many Japanese commoners/peasants? Options: Ended Feudalism (system of legalized slave labor), Allowed the peasants to become Samurai, Hired thousands of peasants to work on government ships, Revived the ancient practice of putting the merchant class at the bottom of the social hierarchy (pyramid)

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Ended Feudalism (system of legalized slave labor)

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Which nation "forced open" trade with Japan in 1853?

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United States

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One reason for Japan’s rapid industrialization during the Meiji Restoration was that Japan had: Reformed its political and economic systems to be more European

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Reformed its political and economic systems to be more European

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Who did Japan copy to modernize? Options: the south, the west, the east, the north

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the west

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Who fought in the Sino-Japanese War over the area now known as Korea in the 1890s?

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China and Japan

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In the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 what were the two countries fighting over? (Options: Korea, China, Vietnam, Germany)

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Korea

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The new government wanted to modernize Japan and turn it into a civilized country like those of the West. WHY?

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To survive in a Western-dominated world

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How was the Meiji constitution different from Western countries?

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The emperor had absolute power.

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How did education in Japan change?

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It became compulsory and westernized.