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The rise of Tojo in Japan

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the military leader of Japan during WWII?
a)
Charles De Gaulle
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Hideki Tojo
d)
Benito Mussolini
2.
What year did Tojo become Prime Minister of Japan?
a)
1939
b)
1935
c)
1940
d)
1941
3.
What year did Japan enter the Axis alliance with Germany and Italy?
a)
1943
b)
1939
c)
1940
d)
1937
4.

What was the reason for Japanese aggression in the Pacific?

a)

Dislike of foreigners

b)

Gain raw materials and expansion of lands

c)

Join the Axis powers

d)

Help the Emperor get rich

5.

Which of these is true of the Manchurian Crisis?

a)

Japan invaded part of China

b)

China invaded part of Japan

c)

Italy invaded part of China

d)

Germany invaded part of Japan

6.

What excuse did Japan use to invade China?

a)

They claimed Chinese soldiers had blown up a railway they owned

b)

They claimed that China owed them allegiance

c)

They claimed that the League had allowed them to invade China

d)

They claimed that China had tried to invade them

7.

Why did the League not take stronger action against Japan?

a)

Britain and France respected Japan as a close friend

b)

Britain and France thought that China had been in the wrong

c)

Britain and France did not consider protecting China a priority

8.
CAUSES : what did Japan own which ran through parts of Manchuria?
a)
Railway
b)
Roads
c)
Bridges
d)
Businesses
9.
Japan leaves the League in 1933 after ignoring the Leagues demands for them to leave.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
10.
RESULTS : Categorise the statement;
"Japan ignored the League's CONDEMNATION" 
a)
Shows League's organisation was weak
b)
Shows League had no power
c)
Shows League needed the USA
11.

Which group was accused of human right's violations in the city of Nanking during WWII?

a)

Germany?

b)

Japan

c)

Italy

d)

Russia

12.

What was the first country that Japan invaded in 1931?

a)

Korea

b)

India

c)

China

d)

Vietnam

13.

What statement regarding the geography of Japan is most accurate?

a)

It's flat terrain made invasion easy

b)

It was close to Egypt and major trading partner

c)

Sea monsters make sailing there very dangerous

d)

A lack of natural resources led to a policy of imperialism

14.

Where is the City of Nanking?

a)

France

b)

China

c)

Korea

d)

Philippines

15.

What did the League of Nations do about the Japanese invasion of Manchuria?

a)

Kicked Japan out of the League

b)

Sent in a military force to defeat Japan

c)

Placed limits on Japan's military

d)

Nothing

16.

resource-rich province of China invaded by the Japanese

a)

isolationism

b)

Axis Powers

c)

fascism

d)

Mein Kampf

e)

Manchuria

17.

Which year was the invasion of Manchuria?

a)

1931

b)

1932

c)

1930

d)

1933

18.
The Samurai honor code is called 
a)
Nippon
b)
Tojo
c)
Bushido 
19.

who was the emperor of Japan during WWII?

a)

Meiji

b)

Tokugawa

c)

Hirohito

d)

Tojo

20.

What type of government did Japan have at the start of WWII?

a)

Fascist

b)

Communist

c)

Nazi

d)

Militaristic

21.

Who led Japan's military at the start of WWII?

a)

Emperor Hirohito

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussiolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

22.

Who was the political leader of Japan during WWII?

a)

Emperor Hirohito

b)

Benito Mussiolini

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Hideki Tojo

23.
A ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government
a)
dictator
b)
president
c)
monarch
d)
advisor
24.
Devotion and loyalty to one's own country
a)
collective
b)
nationalism
c)
lebensraum
d)
totalitarianism