Chapter 1 Self Quiz

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. The modern perception of the Tokugawa period is that...

It was a period of social unrest, repressive government, and foreign invasion. correct incorrect

It was a period of abandoned cities, economic success, and civilian rule. correct incorrect

It was a period of military rule, urban growth, and high rural production. correct incorrect

It was a period of constant warfare, city-states, and military rule
correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is true about the Onin War?

It was the beginning of a violent period in Japanese history. correct incorrect

It was when Tokyo was destroyed by armies of daimyo. correct incorrect

It was when Oda Nobunaga began to unify Japan. correct incorrect

It was when Buddhism went into decline in Japan correct incorrect

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. Among Oda Nobunaga's policies was...

An organized and systematic tax collection system correct incorrect

The public beheading of Buddhist priests correct incorrect

Collecting tax payments directly from all landlords correct incorrect

Summarily executing his enemies correct incorrect

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. Toyotomi Hideyoshi...

Was crowned king of Korea correct incorrect

Was the second of three men who unified Japan correct incorrect

Was challenged by Tokugawa Ieyasu during his lifetime correct incorrect

Went to war with the Ainu correct incorrect

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. The most influential shogun after Tokugawa Ieyasu was...

Tokugawa Hidetada correct incorrect

Tokugawa Ienari correct incorrect

Tokugawa Iemitsu correct incorrect

Tokugawa Momotaro correct incorrect

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. What, in the Tokugawa period, was 'house' land?

Territory that two daimyo had been forced to swap correct incorrect

Territory belonging to the Tokugawa's loyal lieutenants correct incorrect

Land belonging to former enemy daimyo who took oaths of loyalty to the Tokugawa. correct incorrect

Land belonging to the imperial house of Japan correct incorrect

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. By 1642...

All daimyo in Japan had been transferred to new territories correct incorrect

Tokugawa income had increased by five million koku since their seizure of power correct incorrect

The alternate attendance system had been formalized correct incorrect

Japan had become completely closed out from the outside world. correct incorrect

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. In what condition did the imperial family of Japan find itself in the 16th and 17th centuries?

Poor, but respected correct incorrect

Independent, and gaining in political power correct incorrect

Economically weak but forging alliances with insurgent armies correct incorrect

Exiled to Korea and largely forgotten correct incorrect

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. Why did samurai originally join forces with daimyo?

To protect their villages from attack and gain protection against peasant uprisings. correct incorrect

To ensure that their rice was collected and distributed to them correct incorrect

To gain the right to live in castle towns. correct incorrect

To boost their trade networks correct incorrect

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. Who were the targets of the four 'settlements' of the Tokugawa period?

Samurai, merchants, commoners, and slaves correct incorrect

Emperors, daimyo, samurai, and commoners correct incorrect

House samurai, 'outer' samurai, city-dwellers, and villagers. correct incorrect

England, Portugal, Korea, and China correct incorrect

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. When were the first prohibitions on Christianity in Japan applied?

The 1590s correct incorrect

The 1630s correct incorrect

The 1660s correct incorrect

The 1670s correct incorrect

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. Which of the following were designations of outcaste status in Tokugawa Japan?

Kabuki and Ainu correct incorrect

Eta and Hinin correct incorrect

Matsumae and Tsushima correct incorrect

Daimyo and samurai correct incorrect

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. Which of the following concepts was derived from Chinese Confucianism?

That handling dead bodies was unclean correct incorrect

That criminals should be assigned to ragpicking correct incorrect

That society was divided into a hierarchy of four groups correct incorrect

That land could be redistributed by the bakufu correct incorrect

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. What were the limits established by the Tokugawa travel edicts?

East of Ryukyu, west of China correct incorrect

West of Korea, south of Ryukyu. correct incorrect

North and west of Matsumae correct incorrect

North and East of Ezo correct incorrect

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. Which of the following countries did not abandon trade with Japan?

England correct incorrect

Spain correct incorrect

The Netherlands. correct incorrect

Portugal correct incorrect

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. Satsuma domain was responsible for what?

Trading with Korea correct incorrect

Trading with Vietnam correct incorrect

Trading with Ryukyu correct incorrect

Trading with Portugal correct incorrect

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. Japanese mines were responsible in the Tokugawa period for a large part of the world's production of...

Iron correct incorrect

Silver correct incorrect

Gold correct incorrect

Copper correct incorrect

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. The exclusion of Europeans eventually came to be understood as...

A necessary element of good government correct incorrect

A sign of the bakufu's power over Western nations correct incorrect

A symbol of the Chinese world order correct incorrect

Vital for trade with Korea. correct incorrect

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. Why was the Tokugawa regime identified as 'rule by status'?

Because the bakufu was very aware of its international status correct incorrect

Because the bakufu changed the status of shogun and emperor correct incorrect

Because each social group in Japan had different laws and responsibilities. correct incorrect

Because the relative status of China, Korea, and Japan changed correct incorrect

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. By the middle of the Tokugawa period, economic development in Japan...

Was outstripping that of the US correct incorrect

Had come to a complete halt correct incorrect

Was pushing the ecological capacity of the archipelago correct incorrect

Had made Japan reliant on imports of rice correct incorrect