Meiji Restoration - Survey

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The main theme of the Meiji Restoration unit is what?

Modernism vs Traditionalism

Capitalism vs Communism

Nationalism vs Traditionalism

Militarism vs Internationalsim

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What was the name of the military style system which had ruled Japan?

Samurai

Daimyo

Bakufu

Sonnu Joi

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How long had the BAKUFU system been in place in Japan?

300 years

700 years

100 years

Only a few years

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was at the top of the hierarchy of the Bakufu?

Samurai

Shogun

Daimyo

Emperor

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What was the name of the Shogunate that had been in place in Japan for the last 3 centuries?

The Hanagawa Shogunate

The Meiji Shogunate

The Tokugawa Shogunate

The Mitsubishi Shogunate

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who were at the BOTTOM of the Bakufu heirachy?

Peasants

Merchants

Artisans

Samurai

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How could you best describe Japan's foreign policy up until the 1850s?

Extremely Open

Aggressive and Military

Extremely Isolationist

Slightly Isolationist

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The Japanese were distrustful of the West as they had witnessed what Western Imperialists had done to which neighboring country?

Korea

Russia

Taiwan

China

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The 'code of the warrior' is known as....?

Bushido

Sepukku

Daimyo

Samurai

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What was the name of the class of feudal landlords in the Bakufu?

Shogun

Daimyo

Samurai

Ronin

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Even though the Emperor was at the top of the Bakufu heirachy, who really held the greatest amount of power?

The Samurai

The Shogun

The Daimyo

The Peasants

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who is this man?

President Millard Filmore

Emperor Meiji

Commodore Matthew Perry

That guy from 'Friends'

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What did Perry want from the Japanese?

To go to war

To build ships for America

To open up Japanese ports for trade

To provide him an army

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

When did Perry and the Black Ships first arrive in Japan?

1843

1853

1863

1873

15.

Multiple Select

45 sec

1 pt

What tTWO things did Perry bring with him to impress the Japanese with American modern technology?

Telegraph system

A mini-railroad

Telephone

Gunpowder

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why was Almgren (Tom Cruise's character) hired by Emperor Meiji in 'The Last Samurai'

To fight with the Samurai

To train the Samurai

To train the conscript army

To build a railroad

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What happens when the Conscript Army first comes into contact with the Samurai (at the beginning of the film?)

The conscript army wins convincinly

The Samurai slaughter the conscript army

The conscript army wins but takes heavy losses

The Samurai retreat

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What major advantage does the conscript army have over the Samurai in the film?

Weaponry

Tactics

Leadership

Honour

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