Ch. 15: End of Isolation

Who arrived in Japan with 4 ships, almost 1000 sailors, and modern weapons?

• Commodore Matthew Perry

• Commodore Harry Winston

• The U.S President

• No one

What did the letter from the US president carried by Commodore Perry demand from Japan?

• Open trade, right to buy coal for ships, protection for shipwrecked sailors

• Open trade, right to buy oil for ships, protection for shipwrecked sailors

• Open trade, right to buy coal for ships, protection for captured soldiers

• Open trade, right to buy oil for ships, protection for captured soldiers

What treaty was signed when the shogunate gave in to US demands?

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Kanagawa

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Kyoto

What was a common feeling among many Japanese regarding the treaties signed in 1858?

• They were happy with the treaties

• They disliked the "unequal treaties"

• They were indifferent to the treaties

• They wanted more treaties

What did Japan lose control over as a result of the treaties signed in 1858?

• Their military

• Their government

• Their trade and borders

• Their culture

Why did Japan give in after hundreds of years in isolation?

• Overwhelming US military strength

• Economic collapse

• Natural disasters

• Internal rebellion

What influence did Japan observe in China that made them not want the same fate?

• The influence of European culture

• The influence of European military

• The influence of European trade

• The influence of European colonization

What was the result of the Opium Wars between China and Britain?

• China successfully stopped the importation of opium

• China became a European colony

• China signed unequal treaties and parts of China became European colonies

• China won the war and expelled the Europeans

What belief is associated with the "Expel the Barbarians!" choice?

• Japanese society is inferior

• Japanese society is superior

• Trade is needed to increase Japan's wealth

• Adopt western tech, but keep Japanese values and morals

What solution is proposed under the "Western Science, Japanese Essence" choice?

• War against westerners, continued isolation

• Fully welcome all outsiders and promote trade

• Adopt some elements of western civilization

• Trade is needed to increase Japan's wealth