Question

#1: Why did the Tokugawa shogunate keep Japan isolated from 1603 until 1853?
A. to keep Japanese culture from spreading to other parts of the world

B. to keep foreigners from tampering with Japan's affairs

C. to prepare Japanese citizens for modernization

D. to prepare Japan for its role as an imperialist power
**My answer: B

is that right?

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910 ?? :)

Answer 2

#2: Who traveled to the United States and Europe and returned to Japan with new ideas?

A. Mutsuhito

B. Tokutomi Soho

C. Fukuzawa Yukichi

D. Tokugawa
***my answer: D. Tokugawa

is that right?? @jim_thompson5910 ? :)

Answer 3

for #1, A or B sounds right, but B does sound better

Answer 4

#3: The Meiji government supported and encouraged Japan's modernization and industrialization in all except one of the following ways. Which of the following was not a way in which the Meiji government supported and encouraged Japan's modernization and industrialization?

A. closed all ports except Nagasaki to foreigners

B. invested in communication, transportation, and industry

C. set up a modern banking system

D. ordered schools to be built in most towns and villages

**my answer: C. set up a modern banking system

Answer 5

okay, i will go with B for #1.. what about 2 and 3?

Answer 6

hmm for #2, it might be Fukuzawa Yukichi, but hold on

Answer 7

mmk :)

Answer 8

kk then i think 2=C :)

Answer 9

yeah I'm thinking that too, but not 100%

Answer 10

and #3 I think is A. closed all ports except Nagasaki to foreigners
agree?

Answer 11

#4: Which of the following best explains why Japan quickly built up its military in the late 1800s?

A. The Meiji government wanted to make eastern Russia a Japanese colony.

B. Neighboring Korea was a strong country and had a large military.

C. Western imperial powers controlled large parts of Asia.

D,. Commodore Matthew Perry attacked Japanese ports in the 1850s.
**my answer: C

correct??

Answer 12

yeah 3A sounds good

Answer 13

4C sound good too?

Answer 14

yeah i think i found out why it's 4C

http://wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu/papers/jhist2.htm

Answer 15

okay so my answer is 4C? :)

Answer 16

so it sounds like it was merely a self-defense mechanism

Answer 17

ok ,thx =)

Answer 18

to keep foreigners from tampering with Japan's affairs