Chapter 8 Self-Quiz

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. The shogunate was based in ________ under Minamoto Yoritomo and his successors.

Kyoto correct incorrect

Edo correct incorrect

Nara correct incorrect

Kamkura correct incorrect

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. Which of these helps to explain why the imperial court was increasingly obsessed with ritual in the thirteenth century?

The emperors no longer exercised power. correct incorrect

Preparations for the invasion of Korea was the court's new focus. correct incorrect

The influence of the "floating world" transformed the court. correct incorrect

The period of seclusion from foreign influence left its mark. correct incorrect

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. Which of these is illustrated by comparision of the images of "Shogun Ashikaga Mounted in Battle" and "Toyotomi Hideyoshi"?

The warrior code emphasized military virtues above all others. correct incorrect

The refinements of court life were destroyed by the emphasis on military values. correct incorrect

The shoguns valued both military values and more refined culture. correct incorrect

The values of the floating world were epitomized by the shoguns. correct incorrect

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. The bushido was ________.

the tent government correct incorrect

ritual suicide correct incorrect

the rule of alternate attendance correct incorrect

the way of the warrior correct incorrect

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. Which of these was not a factor in the failure of Hideyoshi's 1592 attack on Korea?

Chinese aid correct incorrect

superior Korean firearms correct incorrect

turtle ships correct incorrect

greater enemy numbers correct incorrect

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. The term bakufu was a reference to the shogun's supposed role as a(n) ________.

officer of the emperor correct incorrect

emperor correct incorrect

military leader correct incorrect

religious figure correct incorrect

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. In the seventeenth century Japanese classes were ________.

abolished correct incorrect

expanded to include slaves correct incorrect

made heriditary correct incorrect

reformed into civilians and the military correct incorrect

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. Which of these was threatened, leading the Tokugawa rulers to destroy most of Japan's firearms?

the bakufu correct incorrect

the floating world correct incorrect

imperial authority correct incorrect

bushido correct incorrect

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. Which of these peoples had a favored position in Japan from the seventeenth century?

Dutch correct incorrect

Portuguese correct incorrect

Korean correct incorrect

French correct incorrect

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. The treaty of Kanagawa was signed in 1854 with ________.

Britain correct incorrect

China correct incorrect

the Netherlands correct incorrect

the U.S. correct incorrect

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. It is most accurate to say that the samurai were ________ foreign interaction in Japan.

divided about correct incorrect

extremely hostile to correct incorrect

generally open to correct incorrect

enthusiastic about correct incorrect

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. In the portrait "Emperor Meiji," which of these characteristics are emphasized?

tradition, court refinement correct incorrect

modernization mixed with tradition correct incorrect

military and court values correct incorrect

modernization and military values correct incorrect

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. Under Emperor Meiji the samurai and the daimyo saw their power ________.

curtailed correct incorrect

eliminated correct incorrect

maintained correct incorrect

increased correct incorrect

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. Which of these was instituted in 1889?

the bakufu correct incorrect

the Meiji Constitution correct incorrect

the Meiji Restoration correct incorrect

the Tokugawa Shogunate correct incorrect

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. The goal of the Chinese Eastern Railway was to ________.

give Russia greater control in Manchuria correct incorrect

link Japanese ports to Chinese markets correct incorrect

strengthen China's military presence in Manchuria correct incorrect

block British expansion in Central Asia correct incorrect

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. Shogun rule ________ urbanization in Japan.

slowed correct incorrect

halted correct incorrect

accelerated correct incorrect

initiated correct incorrect

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. Mitsubishi is a classic example of ________.

the values of the floating world correct incorrect

the impact of isolationism correct incorrect

a zaibatsu correct incorrect

samurai influence correct incorrect

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. Which of these kept village registers in Japan from the time of the Tokugawa?

Shinto priests correct incorrect

the daimyo correct incorrect

Buddhist temples correct incorrect

samurai correct incorrect

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. By the nineteenth century Japan's literacy levels were ________ given its economic development.

lower than average correct incorrect

unusually high correct incorrect

extremely low correct incorrect

roughly average correct incorrect

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. Which of these was Japanese puppet theater?

bunraku correct incorrect

ukiyo-e correct incorrect

haiku correct incorrect

bakufu correct incorrect