Meiji restoration

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

During the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese began to modernize their country primarily to:

• compete with Western powers
• isolate their people from foreign influences
• reemphasize traditional values
• introduce Eastern religions to Japan

The modernization of Japan during the Meiji Restoration resulted in:

• a return to a feudal system of government
• an alliance between China, Korea, Russia, and Japan
• the rise of Japan as an imperialistic nation
• a strengthening of Japan's isolationist policies

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

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

• colonization of Japan by the UnitedStates
  
• 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

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
  

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

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.

The changes in Japanese society shown in this illustration are most similar to changes in which other place?

• France during the Middle Ages

• South Africa under Nelson Mandela

• Russia under Peter the Great

• Germany after World War II