Chapter 6 Self Quiz

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1. What was the attitude of Tokugawa rulers toward commoners?

They were unreliable and should be excluded from politics correct incorrect

They were Christian and therefore untrustworthy correct incorrect

They should have an active voice in government correct incorrect

They should not be taught to read lest this encourage rebellion. correct incorrect

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2. Which of the following principles was NOT articulated in the Charter Oath?

Public discussion of issues correct incorrect

Social unity correct incorrect

Acquisition of knowledge correct incorrect

Emperor worship correct incorrect

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3. Which legislative body oversaw the early years of Meiji rule?

The Kogisho correct incorrect

The Diet correct incorrect

The Privy Council correct incorrect

No single one; several succeeded each other in quick succession correct incorrect

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4. Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the 'Japanese enlightenment'?

The emergence of a public press correct incorrect

Debates on politics in opinion journals correct incorrect

Translations of foreign books correct incorrect

The embrace of Marxist thought correct incorrect

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5. Why was Fukuzawa Yukichi such an influential figure in Meiji Japan?

He was a leading scientist correct incorrect

He reformed political institutions correct incorrect

He was a leading intellectual and educator correct incorrect

His popular novels sold several million copies correct incorrect

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6. Why was a constitution seen as important by Meiji reformers?

Because it would ensure economic prosperity correct incorrect

Because it guaranteed the elite control of the political system correct incorrect

Because it was a foundational document in major Western countries correct incorrect

Because it would ensure popular representation correct incorrect

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7. Why was Itagaki Taisuke a significant figure in the early 1870s?

He helped Saigo Takamori's rebellion correct incorrect

He was a pioneer of the 'people's rights' movement correct incorrect

He insisted that Japan ally with Korea correct incorrect

He was a vocal opponent of constitutionalism correct incorrect

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8. The roots of what kind of organizations in Japan can be traced to 1879-1881?

Political parties correct incorrect

Revolutionary cells correct incorrect

Social clubs correct incorrect

Local legal study groups correct incorrect

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9. Fukuzawa Yukichi and Okuma Shigenobu's study groups evolved into:

universities correct incorrect

industrial societies correct incorrect

government ministries correct incorrect

elite social clubs correct incorrect

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10. Fill in the blank: The Kaishinto was more ________ than the Jiyuto

Popular correct incorrect

Influential correct incorrect

Unstable correct incorrect

Moderate correct incorrect

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11. Why did the Meiji government decide to enact censorship and a conservative constitution?

Because its members feared losing their hereditary privileges correct incorrect

Because they wanted to make Japan as similar to Prussia as possible correct incorrect

Because they were alarmed by the people's rights movement correct incorrect

Because they were reluctant to share power with the imperial court. correct incorrect

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12. The Meiji government dropped its opposition to allowing women to do which of the following?

Acting as legal heads of households correct incorrect

Attending political events correct incorrect

Observing the Diet from the visitors gallery correct incorrect

Joining political parties correct incorrect

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13. Which of the following is the best characterization of Eto Shimpei's revolt of 1874?

It was a popular uprising demanding political representation for the common man. correct incorrect

It was a reactionary uprising demanding a return to the recently dismantled political order correct incorrect

It was a socialist revolution undertaken by an alliance of intellectuals and impoverished farmers correct incorrect

It was a spontaneous rampage targeting despised ethnic groups. correct incorrect

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14. What was the chief military lesson of the Satsuma Rebellion?

That motivated samurai could still defeat trained government soldiers correct incorrect

That Kyushu was impossible to fully subdue correct incorrect

That well trained conscripts could destroy samurai armies correct incorrect

That Saigo Takamori was a military genius correct incorrect

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15. Which of the following was not a 'new religion' of the Meiji period?

Tenri correct incorrect

Maruyama correct incorrect

Nichiren correct incorrect

Konko correct incorrect

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16. Which of the following figures did NOT support equal education for women?

Tsuda Ume correct incorrect

Fukuzawa Yukichi correct incorrect

Sakatani Shiroshi correct incorrect

Fukuda Hideko correct incorrect

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17. What was the 'Rokumeikan'?

The name of Fukuzawa Yukichi's magazine correct incorrect

A book written by Nitobe Inazo correct incorrect

An elegant building in central Tokyo correct incorrect

A rival legislative body to the Diet correct incorrect

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18. After 1884, what happened to the alliance between politicians and women's rights activists?

It strengthened correct incorrect

It withered away correct incorrect

It was explicitly outlawed correct incorrect

It turned into open enmity correct incorrect

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19. Why did government efforts to renegotiate the Unequal Treaties in the 1880s provoke intense popular opposition?

Most people liked the trade provided by the treaty ports correct incorrect

People feared Western retaliation correct incorrect

People felt that Japan was not yet ready for the responsibility new treaties would entail correct incorrect

People felt these negotiations did not secure enough concessions from Europeans. correct incorrect

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20. When was the Meiji Constitution promulgated?

1872 correct incorrect

1874 correct incorrect

1881 correct incorrect

1889 correct incorrect