The Rise of Modern Japan — Quiz

Question 1

How did Japan become the most powerful nation in Asia?

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Japan adopted Western military technologies and training methods.

Question 2

What realization did China and Japan share following the Sino-Japanese War?

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Their isolationist past had left them far behind western society.

Question 3

Which of these events occurred first?

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the Tokugawa Shogunate rule

Question 4

An example of Japanese imperial rule that was evident when it placed restrictions on Korean rights was that

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it assumed control of newspapers and free speech.

Question 5

Which nation was especially worried about Japan’s victory in the Sino-Japanese War?

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Russia

Question 6

What started the Russo-Japanese War?

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Japan launched a surprise attack on the city of Port Arthur in Russia.

Question 7

The tsar was quick to agree to negotiate a peace treaty to end the Russo-Japanese War mainly because

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Russia was fighting a strong military from afar.

Question 8

How was Japan easily able to defeat China in the Sino-Japanese War?

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Japan’s military was better trained and equipped.

Question 9

Japan felt disrespected by the Treaty of Portsmouth provisions, because

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it did not get to keep all its gained territory.

Question 10

Something China and Japan have in common is

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they borrowed and adapted Western ideas.

The Rise of Modern Japan — Quiz Answers