MEIJI RESTORATION & IMPERIALISM QUIZ

What was the name for the head military and political leader of Japan?

• Daimyo
• Samurai
• Shogun
• Zaibatsu

What policy did the Tokugawa Shogunate take towards Europeans?

• Isolationism

• Devshirme

• Chivalry

• Nihilism

Commodore Matthew Perry’s visits to Japan in 1853 and 1854 resulted in the

• colonization of Japan by the United States

• transfer of spheres of influence to China

• introduction of Christianity to Japanese society

• opening of trade and diplomatic relations with Japan

One effect of industrialization on Meiji Japan was that it

• strengthened the power of the Shogunate

• decreased the level of pollution

• modernized transportation

• increased the number of small farms

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

One reason for Japan’s rapid industrialization 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

Which action taken by the Meiji government encouraged industrialization in 19th-century Japan?

• building a modern transportation system

• limiting the number of ports open to foreign trade

• forcing families to settle on collective farms

• establishing a system of trade guilds

The theory that it was natural for stronger nations to dominate weaker ones is known as   

• Berlin Conference
• Social Darwinism
• Sphere of Influence
• Scramble for Africa

 Imperialism was brought on as a result of 

• Democratic Revolutions 
• World War I 
• Industrialization 
• The Renaissance 

When a strong country takes over a weaker country for economic, social or political reasons it is called

• industrialization
• miliatrism
• imperialism
• nationalism