Chapter 9 Self Quiz

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. Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of Japan's economy in the 1920s and 1930s?

The emergence of a new middle class correct incorrect

A booming print media correct incorrect

Shift of industry from major cities to the countryside correct incorrect

A cycle of boom and bust correct incorrect

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. What occurred on 1st September 1923?

A major earthquake in Tokyo correct incorrect

The collapse of a famous Western-designed building correct incorrect

A major fire in Kyoto correct incorrect

The death of the emperor correct incorrect

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. Which of the of the following was NOT a prewar Japanese zaibatsu?

Mitsubishi correct incorrect

Yasuda correct incorrect

Honda correct incorrect

Mitsui correct incorrect

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. What happened to the distribution of wealth in the Japanese countryside in the early 20th century?

The proportion of landlords, owner-cultivators, and tenants remained largely unchanged correct incorrect

The number and proportion of rich landlords increased correct incorrect

The number and proportion of owner-cultivators increased correct incorrect

The number and proportion of tenant farmers increased correct incorrect

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. In the 1910s and 1920s, elite rural women did NOT engage in...

Arranging marriages correct incorrect

Sending care packages to troops correct incorrect

Joining women's civic organizations correct incorrect

Running for local political office correct incorrect

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. What did tenant farmers begin to do around the beginning of World War I?

They began to organize to demand reduced rents correct incorrect

They began to abandon farming in large numbers correct incorrect

They began creating their own factories correct incorrect

They began to band together and buy landlords out. correct incorrect

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. The rhetoric of the Kurobe Gorge Conservation League was reflective of the rise of what ideology in early 20th century Japan?

Rural nationalism correct incorrect

Anti-industrialism correct incorrect

Anti-elitism correct incorrect

Environmentalism correct incorrect

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. Who were at the heart of Japan's 'old middle class'?

Ex-samurai who retained some of their wealth correct incorrect

The Tokugawa era merchants who had grown rich in the 1870s correct incorrect

Independent shopkeepers and their employees correct incorrect

Bureaucrats and government officials correct incorrect

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. Which of the following were NOT reasons women joined trade unions in early 20th century Japan?

They began to work at greater variety of places correct incorrect

They were better educated than before correct incorrect

They were unhappy over low pay and job security correct incorrect

They were single mothers in need of support correct incorrect

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. Which of the following heavy industries did NOT grow significantly in early 20th century Japan?

auto manufacturing correct incorrect

iron and steel making correct incorrect

machine engineering correct incorrect

shipbuilding correct incorrect

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. What did Suzuki Bunji's 'Friendly Society' rename itself?

The Japan Communist Party correct incorrect

The Greater Japan Federation of Labour correct incorrect

The All Japan Labour Alliance correct incorrect

The Yuaikai correct incorrect

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. How were Korean immigrants treated in the aftermath of the Great Kanto Earthquake?

They were sequestered in special camps for their own safety correct incorrect

They were deployed to clean rubble and put out fires correct incorrect

They were assault and murdered correct incorrect

They were deported in large numbers to prevent competion with Japanese for construction jobs. correct incorrect

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. The economy of Okinawa suffered in the 1920s because...

Okinawa lost control of its own economic regulations to Tokyo correct incorrect

Mass emigration from Okinawa hollowed out the workforce correct incorrect

Mainland Japanese were prejudiced against Okinawan products correct incorrect

Sugar prices around the world collapsed correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was NOT a neologism of early 20th century Japan?

Gin-bura correct incorrect

moga correct incorrect

Sarariiman correct incorrect

koshi-ben correct incorrect

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. What were 'mobo' (modern boys) criticized for?

Effeminate behavior correct incorrect

Decadence correct incorrect

Radicalism correct incorrect

Laziness correct incorrect

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. At which point were 'new' religions in Japan at their height?

The 1910s correct incorrect

The 1920s correct incorrect

The 1930s correct incorrect

Their popularity was relatively constant correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was NOT a major Japanese writer in the early decades of the 20th century?

Natsume Soseki correct incorrect

Tanizaki Jun'ichiro correct incorrect

Akatugawa Ryunosuke correct incorrect

Suzuki Bunji correct incorrect

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. What was the official attitude towards 'new religions'?

Support correct incorrect

Unconcern correct incorrect

Suspicion and occasional crackdowns correct incorrect

Frequently roundups and torture in jail correct incorrect

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. The Levellers Association was created by, and for...

Korean immigrants correct incorrect

Chinese immigrants correct incorrect

Religious nonconformists correct incorrect

Outcasts correct incorrect

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. What was the role of Osaka in Japan's early 20th century economy?

It was a major industrial city correct incorrect

It was the home of Japan's entertainment industry correct incorrect

it was Japan's largest port correct incorrect

It was a source of cheap labor correct incorrect