Deck 11: The Depression Crisis and Responses

Question 1

Which of the following did NOT occur in Japan during the 1930s?

A) An attempted coup
B) The assassination of a prime minister
C) The unordered invasion of foreign territory by the military
D) The abdication of the emperor

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following did NOT cause social unrest in the early 1930s?

A) The bankruptcies of small businesses
B) Poverty in the countryside
C) Reductions in farm subsidies and unemployment insurance
D) High levels of unemployment

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What was the 'street war' that broke out in 1930 in Tokyo?

A) A protest by fired female textile workers which ended in street fighting with police
B) A confrontation outside a zaibatsu headquarter between managers and protesting workers
C) A clash between police and students on the Tokyo Imperial University campus
D) Sporadic attacks launched by conservatives on patrons leaving cafes

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Who among the following was NOT assassinated in the early 1930s?

A) Hamaguchi Osachi
B) Ishiwara Kanji
C) Dan Takuma
D) Inukai Tsuyoshi

Question 5

What was the 'false flag' operation the Kwantung Army undertook to justify their invasion of China in 1931?

A) They blew up the emperor's train as it passed Mukden
B) They assassinated the warlord Zhang Zuolin on his way to Mukden
C) The massacred the inhabitants of a village near Mukden
D) They blew up railroad tracks outside Mukden

Question 6

Which of the following groups did NOT collaborate with the Japanese in Manchuria?

A) Civilian elites
B) Ex-emperor Puyi
C) Communists
D) Military strongmen

Question 7

What was Ugaki Kazushige's rationale for imperial expansion?

A) Japan needed the international prestige of colonies
B) Japan needed a larger labor pool to continue to expand its economy
C) Japan needed to expand its markets and access more resources
D) Japan needed to protect Asia from European imperialism.

Question 8

Who were responsible for the assassination of Inukai Tsuyoshi?

A) Communists
B) Naval officers
C) Korean activists
D) Taiwanese rebels

Question 9

What caused Japan's withdrawal from the League of Nations in 1933?

A) The Lytton Report calling Manchukuo a puppet state
B) The collapse of naval negotiations with Britain and the United States
C) Western opposition to the annexation of Jehol/Rehe
D) Pressure from the Minseito, who questioned its legitimacy

Question 10

Which of the following changes to Japanese rule in Taiwan did NOT occur in the 1930s?

A) Industrial development was promoted
B) Taxes were decreased
C) Home rule activists were suppressed
D) Scientific forestry was expanded

Question 11

Which of the following statements is not true?

A) The Ministry of Forests and Fisheries wanted to protect Japan's natural heritage
B) The Home Ministry regarded Japanese mountains as hideouts for subversive organizations
C) The Ministry of Telecommunication and Transport supported the expansion of infrastructure in rural areas
D) The Ministry of Education wanted to preserve mountains and gorges for students to visit to cultivate sound minds and bodies

Question 12

In which area outside Japan were the new zaibatsu particularly influential?

A) Korea
B) Eastern China
C) Taiwan
D) They were in fact mainly active in the home islands, not the empire

Question 13

What was the purpose of the Election Purification Campaigns?

A) The exert military control over the state
B) To exert zaibatsu control over the colonies
C) To exert state control over elections
D) To exert state control over the military

Question 14

Which social groups were represented by a unified political party supporting which finally came together and enjoyed electoral success in the 1930s?

A) Migrants from Korea and Taiwan
B) Okinawans and outcasts
C) Landlords and tenant farmers
D) Property-less workers and farmers

Question 15

Who among the following people was NEITHER forced from his job, put on trial or killed in 1930s Japan for his political beliefs?

A) Takahashi Korekiyo
B) Kita Ikki
C) Minobe Tatsukichi
D) Tōjō Hideki

Question 16

What happened to the Omoto, Tenri, and the Jehovah's Witnesses religions in 1930s Japan?

A) They were officially sanctioned
B) They were forcibly disbanded
C) They were amalgamated with Shinto
D) They were eliminated through the execution of leaders and many members

Question 17

A professional league was founded in which of the following sports in Japan during the 1930s?

A) Baseball
B) Basketball
C) Ice Hockey
D) Soccer (Football)

Question 18

Which of the following celebrities did NOT visit Japan in the 1930s?

A) Lou Gehrig
B) Babe Ruth
C) Amelia Earhart
D) Charlie Chaplin

Question 19

What did the wartime ideologies of Germany, Italy, and Japan NOT have in common?

A) A glorification of racial heritage
B) A glorification of the emperor
C) Rejection of liberalism and communism
D) A glorification of the nation

Question 20

What was the Japanese attitude toward Britain and America in the late 1930s and early 1940s?

A) That they were potential allies
B) That they were the cultural heartlands of the world
C) That they were intent on conquering Japan
D) That they were denying Japan its rightful place as an Asian power