Move to Global War-Japan before 1931

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

• Emperor Meiji

• Shogun Tokugawa

• Emperor Herohito

• Shogun Tiki

What major effort did the Meiji government complete that greatly benefited many Japanese commoners/peasants?

• 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)

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

• United States

• Korea

• Russia

• Britain

• China

Why did the Meiji government want to modernize/Westernize Japan? (Select ALL that are correct)

• Japan was far behind (technologically) from all Western powers

• Japan was fearful of being invaded/conquered by Western powers (like they saw happen in China)

• The Samurai class demanded that Japan become more modern

• Japan was not a desirable enough country to trade with unless it modernized

One reason for Japan’s rapid industrialization (factories, etc.) during the Meiji Restoration was that Japan had

•  Rejected Western ideas
• Used its access to the sea for fishing
• Relied on traditional isolationist policies
• Reformed its political and economic systems to be more European

Who did Japan copy to modernize?

• the south
• the west
• the east
• the north

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

• China and Japan
• Ukraine and Japan
• Britain and Japan

In the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 what were the two countries fighting over?

• Korea
• China
• Vietnam
• Germany

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

• They thought the Western Way was interesting
• To survive in a Western-dominated world
• They wanted to destroy the West 

The Meiji constitution was similar to Western countries in that it established an elected parliament and House of Representatives,  and it created human rights such as religious freedom, the freedom to trade. How was it different?  

• Feudalism still existed
• The emperor had absolute power
• The Daimyo and Samurai still had their land