Japanese History
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Japanese History
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- 1.
![According to legend, the Shinto Sun Goddess ______ was the Great-Grandmother of Emperor Jimmu, the mythical founder of Japan and the Japanese Imperial family. - ProProfs]( "According to legend, the Shinto Sun Goddess ______ was the Great-Grandmother of Emperor Jimmu, the mythical founder of Japan and the Japanese Imperial family.")
According to legend, the Shinto Sun Goddess ______ was the Great-Grandmother of Emperor Jimmu, the mythical founder of Japan and the Japanese Imperial family.- A.
Izanami
- B.
Amenominakanushi
- C.
Amaterasu
- D.
Pink Lady
- E.
Ame-no-Uzume
- 2.
![Dogū figurines date from the ________ period. - ProProfs]( "Dogū figurines date from the ________ period.")
Dogū figurines date from the ________ period.- A.
Jōmon
- B.
Kofun
- C.
Asuka
- D.
Muromachi
- 3.
![The largest Kofun tomb is has been attributed to be the tomb of ___________ . - ProProfs]( "The largest Kofun tomb is has been attributed to be the tomb of ___________ .")
The largest Kofun tomb is has been attributed to be the tomb of ___________ .- A.
Emperor Jimmu
- B.
Izanami
- C.
Oda Nobunga
- D.
Emperor Nintoku
- 4.The introduction of Buddhism to Japan is attributed to the ________ in 538 AD.
- A.
The Buddha
- B.
Baekje king Seong
- C.
Prince Shōtoku
- D.
Ganjin
- 5.Prince Shōtoku (574-622).adopted models of rank and etiquette and and his ____________ prescribed ways to bring harmony to a society chaotic in Confucian terms.
- A.
Nihon Shoki
- B.
Meiji Constitution
- C.
Seventeen-article constitution
- D.
Tale of Genji
- 6.The ________ clan dominated the Japanese politics of Heian Period (794–1185) through the monopoly of regent positions
- A.
Fujiwara
- B.
Minamoto
- C.
Hashomoto
- D.
Yoritomo
- 7.Victory the The battle of Dan-no-ura in 1185, led to the ______ clan establishing his military government ('bakufu') in Kamakura.and its leaders becoming the Shogun (hereditary military dictator).
- A.
Minamoto
- B.
Taira
- C.
Gempei
- D.
Mutsuhito
- 8.With the rise of strong regional rulers ( daimyō ) and their victory in the ______ (1467-77) left Kyoto devastated and effectively ended the national authority of the bakufu.The war initiated the Sengoku jidai, "the Warring States Period". This period was a long, drawn-out struggle for domination by individual daimyo,
- A.
Gempei War
- B.
Mongolian Invasion
- C.
Boshin War
- D.
Ōnin War
- 9.________ sought to conquer Ming China, and became bogged down in a war in Korea (Imjin War) from 1592 to 1598.
- A.
Tokugawa Ieyasu
- B.
Oda Nobunaga
- C.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- D.
Yi Sun-shin
- 10.Victory in the ________ in 1600 cleared the way for Tokugawa Ieyasu to establish Tokugawa bakufu, the last shogunate to control Japan..
- A.
Battle of Okehazama
- B.
Battle of Anegawa
- C.
Battle of Sekigahara
- D.
Battle of Seoul
- 11.Japanese leaders began to see Catholicism as a destabilizing influence and foreign intentions in Japan with suspicion after conquest of the Philippines by the Spanish . Japanese leaders passed laws forbidding Japanese to leave Japan and Foreigners from entering, Christianity was banned. One window to the outside world remained at Dejima where the ______ were allowed to trade. Japan remained secluded from the 1630s to 1858.
- A.
Americans
- B.
British
- C.
Dutch
- D.
Russians
- 12.After the defeat of the forces of the Tokugawa Shogunate in the Boshin War (1868–1869) of the Meiji Restoration, a part of the former Shogun's navy led by Admiral Enomoto Takeaki former their own short lived republic, the Republic of Ezo located in ________.
- A.
Hokkaido
- B.
Okinawa
- C.
Iwo Jima
- D.
Tsushima
- 13.Japan attacked the Russian Naval base at Port Arthur on the night of 8 February 1904, hours before a declaration of war was received by the Russian with _________.
- A.
A submarine attack
- B.
A torpedo boat attack
- C.
Bombardment by six battleships
- D.
Sneaking Japanese soldiers on Russian ships disguised as Chinese laborers
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