Move To Global War - Japan - IB Paper 1 - By Dan Guiney
A little pop quiz for IB students to test knowledge of the reasons for and events involved in Japanese expansion. For more information and resources visit www. Flippinghistory. Net
- 1.
Prior to the Meiji restoration what kind of society was Japan?- A.
Feuding
- B.
Flood
- C.
Fjord
- D.
Feudal
- 2.
Which paper document, drawn up in 1889, set in stone the rules of the new Meiji Restoration?
- A.
Edict
- B.
Constitution
- C.
Proclamation
- D.
Laws
- 3.
Under which Article of the Constitution was the Emperor's demi-God status underwritten?
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
- 4.
How many divisions or houses were there in the new Japanese Diet? (sorry about the picture, bad pun!)
- A.
0
- B.
2
- C.
4
- D.
8
- 5.
In Meiji Japan teachers had to learn ____________________
- A.
How to cook
- B.
Military skills
- C.
Cross stitch
- D.
Sumo wrestling
- 6.
Japan had been invaded four times by European powers up to the time of the Meiji Restoration.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.
The pre-modern government of Japan had been a military dictatorship in which real authority rested with a ___________
- A.
Shogun
- B.
Land rover
- C.
Seat Ibiza
- D.
Fiesta
- 8.
In what year had Japan forced itself on Korea?
- A.
1676
- B.
1776
- C.
1876
- D.
1976
- 9.
With whom did a war with Japan begin in August 1894?
- A.
Kenya
- B.
Australia
- C.
China
- D.
UK
- 10.
At the end of the first Sino-Japanese war, which was a resounding success for Meiji modernisation, China was forced to pay Japan 13,600 tons of what?
- A.
Tea
- B.
Silver
- C.
Gold
- D.
Plutonium
- 11.
Which of the following countries was NOT a member of the Tripartite intervention which sought to limit the growth of Japanese power in Asia following the first Sino-Japanese war?
- A.
Germany
- B.
Russia
- C.
Mexico
- D.
France
- 12.
What does 'Gashin Shotan' mean in Japanese?
- A.
Live long and prosper
- B.
Endurance and hard work for the achievement of future revenge
- C.
Expelliarmus!
- D.
Be ambitious
- 13.
Which nation signed an agreement with Japan in 1902, pacing the way for the Russo-Japanese war?
- A.
USA
- B.
Great Britain
- C.
China
- D.
Korea
- 14.
Which treaty concluded the Russo-Japanese war, the first time an Asian nation had defeated a European one?
- A.
Treaty of Kangqiao
- B.
Treaty of Andover
- C.
Treaty of Norwich
- D.
Treaty of Portsmouth
- 15.
Which US President once said the Japanese "people have particular fighting capacity"?
- A.
Ted II
- B.
Teddy Bear
- C.
Theodore Roosevelt
- D.
Alvin Simon Theodore
- 16.
Where did Japan defeat German forces in November 1914 during the First World War?
- A.
Heineken
- B.
Budweiser
- C.
Tsingtao
- D.
Chang
- 17.
Whilst Europe was preoccupied with war in the First World War how many demands did Japan impose on China?
- A.
16
- B.
21
- C.
26
- D.
31
- 18.
Japan was made a permanent member of the council of the League of Nations at the end of the First World War, so important was it now as a major economic and military power.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.
What name was given to Japanese foreign policy in the 1920s? (the idea of keeping a strong military but reassuring neighbours they had nothing to fear)
- A.
Shidehara Diplomacy
- B.
Gichana Diplomacy
- C.
Wallace Diplomacy
- D.
Lo Diplomacy
- 20.
What percentage of the US and British navy did the Washington Naval Conference of 1921-22 allow Japan to maintain?
- A.
50%
- B.
55%
- C.
60%
- D.
65%
- 21.
Japan had experienced rapid industrialisation prior to the First World War thanks to the Meiji Restoration. By what percentage did industrial output increase?
- A.
50%
- B.
100%
- C.
150%
- D.
250%
- 22.
The textile industry led Japanese industrialisation in the Meiji period
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.
What is the Japanese word for monopolies that dominated industry? (clue: the word begins with a capital 'Z')
- 24.
What happened to the Japanese economy after 1920?
- A.
Grew
- B.
Stayed the same
- C.
Shrank
- 25.
Unemployment led to a rise in the popularity of which group?
- A.
Fascists
- B.
Communists
- C.
Samurai
- D.
Smurfs
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