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| 1. Choose the meaning closest
to "archipelago" in the text |
| a) |
mountain range |
| b) |
island |
| c) |
river system |
| d) |
group of islands |
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| 2. Choose the meaning closest
to "hunter-gatherers" in the text |
| a) |
people who grow their food |
| b) |
people who fight for their food |
| c) |
people who kill animals and collect fruit for food |
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| 3. Choose the meaning closest
to "communally" in the text |
| a) |
as individuals |
| b) |
as a group |
| c) |
as a family unit |
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| 4. Choose the meaning closest
to "settlements" in the text |
| a) |
villages |
| b) |
towns |
| c) |
cities |
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| 5. Choose the meaning closest
to "unified" in the text |
| a) |
single |
| b) |
two-part |
| c) |
three-part |
| d) |
multiple |
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| 6. Choose the meaning closest
to "launching" in the text |
| a) |
ending |
| b) |
starting |
| c) |
continuing |
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| 7. Choose the meaning closest
to "civil warfare" in the text |
| a) |
war against another country |
| b) |
war inside your own country |
| c) |
war at sea |
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| 8. Choose the meaning closest
to "agent of pacification" in the text |
| a) |
man who brought war |
| b) |
man who brought peace |
| c) |
man who brought prosperity |
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| 9. Choose the meaning closest
to "isolationist" in the text |
| a) |
wanting to be alone |
| b) |
wanting to be with your family |
| c) |
wanting to be with your friends |
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| 10. Choose the meaning closest
to "promoted" in the text |
| a) |
hated |
| b) |
liked |
| c) |
encouraged |
| d) |
wanted |
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| 11. Choose the meaning closest
to "amid" in the text |
| a) |
at the start of |
| b) |
at the end of |
| c) |
in the middle of |
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| 12. Choose the meaning closest
to "approved" in the text |
| a) |
forbidden |
| b) |
forgotten |
| c) |
remembered |
| d) |
permitted |
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| 13. How did Jomon people get food? |
| a) |
they bought it |
| b) |
they grew it |
| c) |
they killed wild animals and ate wild plants |
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| 14. When and from where did rice
come to Japan? |
| a) |
from Europe around 300 BC |
| b) |
from Asia around 2000 years ago |
| c) |
from Asia around 300 BC |
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| 15. What did Prince Shotoku do? |
| a) |
introduced rice |
| b) |
introduced Kanji |
| c) |
introduced Buddhism |
| d) |
introduced Japan's first constitution |
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| 16. When was the capital moved
to Kyoto? |
| a) |
end of the 7th century |
| b) |
end of the 8th century |
| c) |
end of the 9th century |
| d) |
end of the 10th century |
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| 17. For how long was Japan ruled
by the warrior class? |
| a) |
about 500 years |
| b) |
about 600 years |
| c) |
about 700 years |
| d) |
about 800 years |
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| 18. What did Toyotomi Hideyoshi
do? |
| a) |
brought national unity |
| b) |
brought war |
| c) |
brought prosperity |
| d) |
brought Buddhism |
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| 19. Which countries were excepted
from the Edo isolationist policy? |
| a) |
China and England |
| b) |
Holland and England |
| c) |
China and Holland |
| d) |
England and Portugal |
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| 20. When did Perry arrive? |
| a) |
1843 |
| b) |
1853 |
| c) |
1863 |
| d) |
1873 |
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| 21. What did his arrival lead
to? |
| a) |
the closing of Japan |
| b) |
the defeat of Japan |
| c) |
the end of Japan |
| d) |
the opening of Japan |
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| 22. What was the Meiji government
centred on? |
| a) |
the Shogun |
| b) |
the Emperor |
| c) |
the Diet |
| d) |
the economy |
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| 23. What did the government adopt? |
| a) |
Chinese political, social and economic systems |
| b) |
American political, social and economic systems |
| c) |
English political, social and economic systems |
| d) |
Western political, social and economic systems |
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| 24. What happened during the Depression? |
| a) |
Japan became rich |
| b) |
Japan became democratic |
| c) |
the army lost control |
| d) |
the army gained control |
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| 25. When was Japan admitted to
the UN? |
| a) |
1946 |
| b) |
1966 |
| c) |
1976 |
| d) |
the same year the maker of this quiz was born |
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