Deck 4: The Overthrow of the Tokugawa

Question 1

The catalyst of process ending with the collapse of the Tokugawa bakufu was...

A) Financial problems in major domains
B) Independent-minded formerly loyal daimyo
C) Social change in the cities and countryside
D) Foreign incursions

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Why were the Russians the first to begin to investigate territories in the Japanese north?

A) Explorers in far eastern Russia were interested in trade and fur
B) Russian merchants wished to trade in silk
C) The czar had a plan to raid Japan for its timber and mineral resources
D) Their leaders saw it as a first step toward expansion to Alaska

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which two belligerents were involved in the Opium Wars?

A) Britain and Japan
B) Korea and Russia
C) China and Britain
D) China and Russia

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What was one of Abe Masahiro's main objectives when he came to power in 1845?

A) Improving Tokugawa finances
B) Building coastal defences
C) Granting trade rights to the Russians
D) Confiscating territory from rebellious domains

Question 5

The Treaty of Kanagawa applied to which countries,in addition to America and Japan?

A) France, Britain. the Netherlands, and Russia
B) France, Britain, China, and Russia
C) France, China, Korea, and Russia
D) The Netherlands, France, Vietnam, and Korea.

Question 6

Consumers and producers impoverished by the opening of Japan's markets...

A) Petitioned for subsidies from the government
B) Engaged in violent protests
C) Initiated a guerilla war
D) Took the first opportunity to leave the country

Question 7

Abe Masahiro's request for the daimyo to propose solutions to political crises was interpreted as...

A) A sign that the Tokugawa were becoming more organized
B) A product of Emperor Komei's influence
C) A symptom of Tokugawa weakness
D) An attempt at placing blame on daimyo

Question 8

The 1855 Tokyo earthquake was seen as particularly significant because:

A) It happened the same year that Admiral Perry arrived
B) It occurred on an astrologically significant year
C) It killed a number of Tokugawa officials
D) It destroyed sacred buildings such as temples

Question 9

Why did Hotta Masayoshi travel to Kyoto?

A) To secure the emperor's approval for the Townsend Harris treaty
B) To persuade the emperor to publicly support his policies
C) To warn the emperor against interfering in Tokugawa affairs
D) To conduct reconnaissance on upstart daimyo

Question 10

Modern Japanese culture regards the 'shishi' rebels of late Tokugawa times...

A) As heroes
B) As misguided
C) As victims
D) As traitors

Question 11

What did Katsu Kaishu persuade Sakamoto Ryoma not to do?

A) Assassinate the emperor
B) Assassinate him
C) Assassinate the shogun
D) Assassinate the crown prince

Question 12

Ii Naosuke did NOT...

A) Try to appoint a weak shogun
B) Seek to reinstate the Tokugawa dictatorship over the daimyo and court
C) Try to eject the court and outer daimyo from a voice over bakufu affairs
D) Cede treaty ports to the French, British, and Americans

Question 13

Why did samurai from Mito assassinate Ii Naosuke?

A) Because they saw his policies as excessively harsh on foreigners
B) Because he was seen as having betrayed their comrades
C) Because he was a brash and insufferable upstart
D) Because he was from a commoner background

Question 14

What was kōbu gattai?

A) Unity between the daimyo and shogun
B) Unity between the court and daimyo
C) Unity between the court, daimyo, and shogun
D) Unity between the court and shogun

Question 15

The 'outer' daimyo saw the policy of kōbu gattai as...

A) An opportunity to promote strategic marriages
B) An opportunity to secure political influence
C) An opportunity to roll back Tokugawa reforms
D) An opportunity to take control of Japan's foreign policy

Question 16

Why did the Satsuma domain ally with the bakufu in 1863-1864?

A) Because Chōshū's attacks on foreigners were seen as a geopolitical miscalculation
B) Because Satsuma's lords were suspicious of Chōshū military power expansion in Kyushu
C) Because the Shimazu family and the Tokugawa had secured a marriage alliance
D) Because the emperor ordered the two groups to cooperate for the sake of Japan

Question 17

What mysterious event allegedly began happening in Japanese cities in 1867?

A) Food fell from the skies
B) The Buddha and Shinto deities appeared to be embracing in the clouds
C) Large numbers of people seemed to have disappeared from their villages
D) It began to rain good luck charms

Question 18

Which country's political system did Tosa domain envision as a model?

A) America
B) China
C) France
D) Britain

Question 19

Which was the last Tokugawa domain to hold out after the 'restoration'?

A) Mito
B) Edo
C) Aizu
D) Satsuma

Question 20

The leaders of the Meiji Restoration quickly began to..

A) Enact reforms of the government
B) Incorporate figures from the old Tokugawa regime
C) Forge an alliance with Korea
D) Realize that Japan would one day have to declare war on the US