Meiji Restoration

An immediate result of Commodore Matthew Perry's visit to Japan in 1853 was

• an alliance between Japan and Russia

• the development of trade between Japan and theWest

• a war between Japan and the United States

• the continued isolation of Japan

Peter the Great is to Russia as Emperor Meiji is to

• Mongolia

• Japan

• India

• Korea

Japan’s increased foreign trade during the Meiji Restoration was closely related to its

• need to maintain a traditional society

• desire for a modern industrialized society

• colonization by Western nations

• encouragement of foreign investment

"...I am willing to admit my pride in this accomplishment for Japan. The facts are these: It was not until the sixth year of Kaei (1853) that a steamship was seen for the first time; it was only in the second year of Ansei (1855) that we began to study navigation from the Dutch in Nagasaki; by 1860, the science was sufficiently understood to enable us to sail a ship across the Pacific. This means that about seven years after the first sight of a steamship, after only about five years of practice, the Japanese people made a trans-Pacific crossing without help from foreign experts. I think we can without undue pride boast before the world of this courage and skill. As I have shown, the Japanese officers were to receive no aid from Captain Brooke throughout the voyage. Even in taking observations, our officers and the Americans made them independently of each other. Sometimes they compared their results, but we were never in the least dependent on the Americans. . . ."

— Eiichi Kiyooka, trans., The Autobiography of Fukuzawa Yukichi, The Hokuseido Press, 1934

The changes described in this passage most directly contributed to which of the following?

• the development of Japanese feudalism

• the Meiji Restoration

• decreased trade between Japan and Europe

• an alliance between Japan and Russia

"...I am willing to admit my pride in this accomplishment for Japan. The facts are these: It was not until the sixth year of Kaei (1853) that a steamship was seen for the first time; it was only in the second year of Ansei (1855) that we began to study navigation from the Dutch in Nagasaki; by 1860, the science was sufficiently understood to enable us to sail a ship across the Pacific. This means that about seven years after the first sight of a steamship, after only about five years of practice, the Japanese people made a trans-Pacific crossing without help from foreign experts. I think we can without undue pride boast before the world of this courage and skill. As I have shown, the Japanese officers were to receive no aid from Captain Brooke throughout the voyage. Even in taking observations, our officers and the Americans made them independently of each other. Sometimes they compared their results, but we were never in the least dependent on the Americans. . . ."

— Eiichi Kiyooka, trans., The Autobiography of Fukuzawa Yukichi, The Hokuseido Press, 1934

The changes in Japanese science and technology described in this passage most directly resulted from which of the following?

• the Russo-Japanese War

• an abundance of natural resources in Japan

• the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry in Japan

• Japanese isolationism

Base your answer to the following question on the map below.

What was a basic cause of the political changes shown on this map?

• Russia and Japan formed an alliance.

• Korea defeated Japan in the Sino-Japanese War.

• The Japanese people wanted to spread the beliefs of Shinto.

• Japan needed raw materials for industrialization.

As a result of the Russo-Japanese War, Japan came to be seen by Europeans as

• a likely area for colonization

• the strongest of the imperialist countries

• a leader in the movement for nonalignment

• an emerging global threat

What was one effect of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)?

• Japan emerged as a major world power.

• Korea gained its independence.

• Czar Nicholas II gained power in Russia.

• Russia formed a military alliance with Japan.

Which action in Japanese history occurred during the Meiji Restoration?

• Japan modernized its economy.

• Mongols invaded the islands of Japan.

• The Japanese government adopted an isolationistpolicy.

• Buddhism became the official religion of Japan.

Base your answer to the following question on the bar graph below and on your knowledge of social studies.

What conclusion can be drawn from the information on this graph?

• Japan stopped its territorial expansion before 1910.

• By 1905, Japan had acquired less than 400,000 square miles of additional territory.

• Japanese territorial expansion increased most rapidly between 1900 and 1905.

• Most of Japan's territory was acquired between 1895 and 1900.