Chapter 14 Self Quiz

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. Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Japanese economy in the 1950s and 1960s?

Gender inequality correct incorrect

Environmental degradation correct incorrect

Deindustrialization correct incorrect

Long work hours correct incorrect

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. Between 1954 and 1970, Japan's economy...

Increased in size slowly and steadily correct incorrect

Became more and more reliant on markets in South Asia correct incorrect

Witnessed the emergence of new zaibatsu correct incorrect

Grew in annual size by over 200 billion $US correct incorrect

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. Which of the following did NOT contribute to Japanese economic growth in the 1960s and 1970s?

American subsidies correct incorrect

Rapid economic growth in other countries correct incorrect

Cheap and plentiful energy correct incorrect

A more open trading environment correct incorrect

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. What was unusual about the foundation of the Kawasaki iron and steel business?

Japan had no tradition of producing steel correct incorrect

It was not owned by one of the major motor companies correct incorrect

It was located near the capital, Tokyo. correct incorrect

It relied in on major investment from outside Japan. correct incorrect

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. What was one of the key financial innovations allowing Japanese consumers to increase their purchases of consumer goods in the 1960s and 1970s?

Home equity loans from banks correct incorrect

Online banking correct incorrect

Consumer credit enabled by the spread of credit cards correct incorrect

Consumer credit in the form of Installment payment plans correct incorrect

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. What was 'industrial policy'?

Efforts of government bureaucrats to promote economic development correct incorrect

The growth strategies of major corporations correct incorrect

The internal labor policies in major industries correct incorrect

The aggressive promotion of free trade correct incorrect

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. What was MITI?

The Ministry of Internal Transport and Information correct incorrect

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry's Japanese acronym correct incorrect

The Munitions, Information, and Telecommunications Institute correct incorrect

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry correct incorrect

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. Which of these strategies did MITI use to reduce imports to Japan?

They made food imports illegal correct incorrect

They used their control of access to foreign currency to limit imports correct incorrect

They charged a 50% tax on all luxury imports correct incorrect

They collaborated with local police to discourage workers from purchasing imports correct incorrect

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. Why did Japan's rural population not decline in the 1950s, despite increased population in cities?

Immigration from other Asian countries kept rural villages populated correct incorrect

Healthy farmers had more children than city dwellers correct incorrect

Returning Japanese colonists returned mainly to the countryside. correct incorrect

There was a "baby boom" nationwide correct incorrect

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. What was 'family labor'?

Family-owned businesses that specialized primarily in agricultural production correct incorrect

Family groups who hired themselves out for farm labor correct incorrect

Wives and children who worked for no wages, but shared the revenues, in small family businesses correct incorrect

Business propaganda arguing that corporations are really large families correct incorrect

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. What was remarkable about the Sakuma Dam in Aichi?

It was built by Chinese workers correct incorrect

It used the most concrete of any similar structure in the world correct incorrect

It wasn't built across a river correct incorrect

It was Japan's first dam correct incorrect

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. What major change in childbirth took place between 1955 and 1975?

Women began to give birth at younger ages correct incorrect

Fathers began to attend their wives childbirth correct incorrect

Hospital births increased while home births attended by midwives declined correct incorrect

The number of unmarried mothers increased significantly correct incorrect

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. What was the root cause of egalitarianism in Japan's university education admissions in the 1960s and 1970s?

Affirmative action correct incorrect

Separate universities for underprivileged students correct incorrect

Extremely tough examinations correct incorrect

Standardized, high-quality teaching correct incorrect

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. What happened to educational differences between workers and managers in industry in the 1960s and 1970s?

It increased as more managers went to university. correct incorrect

It stayed roughly the same as the pre war period correct incorrect

It decreased as both groups received comparably strong educations correct incorrect

It was diminished thanks to company-sponsored education for new employees of all levels correct incorrect

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. What were 'overflow' schools?

Schools which took students with lower levels of achievement correct incorrect

Schools overflowing with too many students correct incorrect

Schools founded to accommodate growing populations in rural areas correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was NOT a form of discrimination women encountered in the workplace in this period?

Being offered fewer opportunities for advancement correct incorrect

Being hired based on appearance and demeanour correct incorrect

Being expected to quit when married correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Roughly how many Koreans remained in Japan after the end of the Allied occupationl?

50,000 correct incorrect

500,000 correct incorrect

One million correct incorrect

Four million correct incorrect

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. By the 1960s, what percentage of their income was the average Japanese household saving?

1% correct incorrect

3% correct incorrect

5% correct incorrect

15% correct incorrect

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. In which year was abortion legalized in Japan?

1928 correct incorrect

1948 correct incorrect

1974 correct incorrect

It had never been illegal correct incorrect

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. What was notable about Crown Prince Akihito's marriage to Shoda Michiko?

She was of Korean descent correct incorrect

It was a love marriage, not an arranged marriage correct incorrect

Shoda Michiko had grown up in the US and studied at Harvard correct incorrect

It was the first time a Crown Prince had appeared on TV correct incorrect