WorksheetsJapanese Industrialization Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Japan needed to move away from this in order to embrace industrialization.
Isolationism
Flexibilism
Communism
Colonialism
The Sengoku period was one in which
Japan entered into a literary and artistic renaissance that was filled with new works.
Japan entered into a literary and artistic renaissance that was filled with new works.
Japan committed itself to an invasion of Korea, resulting in a protracted war with China as well.
Japan entered into a 150-year period of almost constant civil conflict between powerful warlords.
Japan entered into a 150-year period of almost constant civil conflict between powerful warlords.
Calligraphy
Sword making
Origami
Woodblock printing
The Tokugawa shogunate built a new capital in the Kanto region, at the fishing village of Edo, the site of the modern city of
Osaka
Tokyo
Edo
Yokohama
Why was the merchant class the lowest class in Tokugawa?
Merchants were looked down on because they were not samurai.
Merchants, as a class, had often been associated with Chinese culture, and were therefore seen as outsiders.
Merchants were associated with unclean or low work, and therefore "dirty".
Merchants were seen as relatively useless because they didn't produce anything.
To isolate Japan from foreign influence, Tokugawa leyasu banned all of the following except
Trade with the Dutch and Chinese
Overseas travel
Owning foreign books
Direct contact with foreigners
Japan had originally allowed Christian missionaries into the country, but this changed and Christianity was outlawed, with those refusing to disavow their faith being
Burned at the stake
Forced to pay more taxes
Exiled from Japan
Ritually beheaded by a samurai
The Treaty of Kanagawa, signed at Yokohama in 1854, dealt specifically with the U.S. demand for
Full access to the Japanese market.
Withdrawal of Japanese armies from China.
Humane treatment of castaways.
Disarmament of all Japanese ports.
The Harris Treaty of 1858 allowed for
Foreign diplomats to have free run of all of Japan.
Foreigners to reside in Edo and Osaka.
The United States to ally with Japan for a potential war against China.
The extensive import of American goods.
Which of the following does not explain the methods in which the statesmen of the Meiji era chose to create reforms for modernizing Japanese society?
Statesmen made reforms that continued Japanese isolationism ensuring the modernization of Japan would not be affected by outside influences.
Statesmen combined Western systems of government, education, and military technology.
Statesmen made reforms that ensured the power of the emperor's cabinet would not be diluted.
Statesmen made reforms that ensured the power of the emperor's cabinet would not be diluted.
After Japan defeated China in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Japanese made an imperial province of what country?
Korea
China
Taiwan
Vietnam
In the 1868 Meiji Constitution, the emperor is labeled as
"Son of the goddess"
"Father of all Japan"
"Sacred and inviolable"
"A divine wind"
Which of the following contributed to the modernization of the Meiji period?
The integration of the examination system into their government.
The abolition of samurai.
Victories of the Japanese over the Chinese in the Sino-Japanese War and the Russians in the Russo-Japanese War.
The establishment of colonies around the world.
What does the Japanese term "sakoku" mean?
Prosperous
Self-imposed isolation
National peace
Closed country policy
What were the effects on Japan from Commodore Matthew Perry's arrival in 1854?
Japan was cut off from other countries due to their technological advancements.
It opened up the Japanese to trade with other countries.
The start of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
More treaties were signed with different nations.
The Japanese ________ ruled as military dictators for over 800 years.
Samurai
Shogun
Inviolable
Sakoku
Kabuki
The military nobility known as ________ were known for serving in close attendance with nobility and serving the upper ranks of society.
Samurai
Shogun
Inviolable
Sakoku
Kabuki
The classical Japanese dance-drama _______was known for its out of the ordinary representation of the arts.
Shogun
Samurai
Kabuki
Sakoku
Inviolable
By requiring a________ policy for almost two hundred years, Japan was not exposed to some of the greatest advancements in technology and industry.
Samurai
Shogun
Inviolable
Sakoku
Kabuki
By presenting the Meiji emperor as an________ ruler, it prevented the threat of a government uprising.
Samurai
Shogun
Inviolable
Sakoku
Kabuki
