Ch13 Becoming the Model of Modernity Complete Test Bank - Patterns East Asian Hist. 1e | Test Bank Desnoyers by Charles A. Desnoyers. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 13
1. Japan’s alliance with Great Britain to counter ________ ambitions.
a. Chinese
b. Russian
c. French
d. German
2. Which of these took the throne in 1912?
a. Yoshihito
b. Akihito
c. the Meishi Emperor
d. Hirohito
3. The image “Yoshihito, the Taisho Emperor” illustrates the adherence of Japanese leaders to ________ values.
a. traditional
b. British
c. military
d. Shinto
4. For Japan World War I provided an opportunity to pursue their expansion into ________.
a. Korea
b. the Pacific
c. mainland East Asia
d. Southeast Asia
5. Looking at Map 13.2 Japan had conquered ________ by 1920.
a. Korea
b. coastal China
c. all of China
d. Korea and Manchuria
6. Relative to the London and Washington naval conferences the Kellogg-Brian Peace Pact ________.
a. had the same goals
b. was more conservative
c. was more extreme
d. had the opposite goals
7. The transition from Yoshihito to Hirohito signaled ________.
a. continuity
b. a new militarism in Japan
c. Japan’s imperial ambitions
d. a return to traditional values
8. Aisin Gioro Henry Puyi was made emperor of Manchukuo ________.
a. as the region’s natural heir
b. to give the Japanese conquest of Manchuria legitimacy
c. by the request of the British
d. to pacify the newly conquered territory
9. The dominance of the military in Japan was in many ways a reaction against ________.
a. the power of the samurai
b. expansionism
c. the restoration of the emperors
d. Westernization
10. Joining the Axis Powers in World War II gave Japan the possibility of gaining ________.
a. Manchuria
b. Italy’s support against China
c. Russian aid
d. Allied colonies
11. Early Japanese fighting in World War II ________ pre-war stereotypes about Japanese military capabilities.
a. perpetuated
b. modified
c. reversed
d. deeply entrenched
12. The battle of Midway was a turning point primarily because Japan ________.
a. lost all of its carriers
b. was unable to rebuild its fleet
c. lost its last Pacific island
d. were caught unprepared
13. The Japanese surrender in 1945 was drafted by ________.
a. the Allies
b. Emperor Hirohito
c. the UN
d. the genro
14. Promulgation of the Japanese constitution in 1946 demonstrated the Japanese willingness to ________.
a. abandon former allies
b. atone for the past
c. remake their country
d. rebuild their empire
15. Japan regained its complete independence in ________.
a. 1967
b. 1951
c. 1959
d. 1945
16. Changing the term “the Pacific War” to the “Asia-Pacific War” was a move to recognizing Japanese ________.
a. blame for the outbreak of World War II
b. hostility towards the US
c. defeat in World War II
d. atrocities in East Asia
17. US-Japanese relations have been ________ since the 1940s.
a. generally good but sometimes strained
b. soured by difficult trade relations
c. marked by open hostility
d. amicable
18. Which of these was Japan’s “lost decade” in economic terms?
a. 1980s
b. 1960s
c. 1990s
d. 1970s
19. Like the chaebols, Japanese keiretsu involved a close relationship between ________ and ________.
a. manufacturing; marketing
b. government; industry
c. research; manufacturing
d. agriculture; industry
20. At its current birthrate, Japan’s population is ________.
a. holding steady
b. rising rapidly
c. shrinking
d. growing slowly
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