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Meiji Restoration

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How long did the Tokugawa Isolation last?

a)

400 years

b)

200 years

c)

999 years

d)

36 years

2.

What was one characteristic of feudal Japan?

a)

increased use of technology

b)

adherence to strict religious observances

c)

lack of industrial or technological advancement or modernization

d)

compulsory education and military service

3.

Americans wanted to use Japanese ports to:

a)

resupply ships with food, water, and other supplies

b)

exert military dominince

c)

load cargo for shipment to the Americas

d)

stage attacks on China

4.

Who was the first to ask Japan for trade?

a)

Amerigo Vespucci

b)

Ponce de Leon

c)

Commodore Matthew Perry

d)

Otto Von Bismarck

5.

Why did the Shogun agree to the Treaty of Kanagawa?

a)

to avoid western domination

b)

to improve relations with China

c)

to receive Opium shipments

d)

to profit off of American trade

6.

What were three of the provisions of the treaty?

a)

to end Japanese isolationism, protection of US sailors, and to extradite foreigners to their home country

b)

increase trade 300%, end Japanese isolationism, and to protect sailors

c)

Resupply foreign ships, grant access to China, and to try those accused of crimes in Japan

d)

Provide access to China, protect US sailors, and extradite foreigners to their home country

7.

The Meiji Restoration was responsible for all of the following EXCEPT

a)

weakening the power of the traditional nobles

b)

creating a constitution

c)

promoting industry

d)

rejecting all Western ideas, even industrialization

8.

The Meiji Restoration developed Japanese interest in all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Western fashion

b)

the Shogunate

c)

ballroom dancing

d)

baseball

9.

The 1904 war between Russia and Japan resulted in

a)

the humiliating defeat of Russia

b)

Russian control of Korea

c)

greater respect for Russia around the world

d)

more Japanese immigration to the United States

10.

The Meiji reformers created a new imperial army in 1871, based on

a)

compulsory military service

b)

instruction in technology

c)

Japanese only teaching staff

d)

an American style structure