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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Shoguns ruled Japan when Perry arrived?
(a) The Ieyasu Shoguns.
(b) The Tokugawa Shoguns.
(c) The Yoshinaki Shoguns.
(d) The Kamakura Shoguns.

2. What is the name of knights in Japan?
(a) Defenders of the Emperor.
(b) Samurai.
(c) Dragons.
(d) Shogun.

3. When could the Dutch leave the island?
(a) During the three great festivals of the year.
(b) Whenever they wanted to.
(c) Only with special permission.
(d) Once a year.

4. What happened when Shogun Ieyasu died in 1616?
(a) Not much changed.
(b) Being a Christian became punishable by death.
(c) Trade was opened to any nation who came.
(d) Trade was completely abandoned.

5. What did the people not know existed?
(a) Ships that could sail so close to land.
(b) Steamboats.
(c) Caucasians.
(d) Other lands.

6. What did Commodore Perry pretend to be?
(a) A Senator.
(b) No one but himself.
(c) An Admiral.
(d) A scientist.

7. What warned people to flee?
(a) The priests of the temple.
(b) Temple bells ringing.
(c) The men who got off the ship.
(d) The local militia.

8. Who in the time that Perry arrived were considered unproductive?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Samurai.
(c) Peasants.
(d) Artisians.

9. What were the Mississippi and Susquehanna?
(a) Two top sailing vessels.
(b) The two merchant vessels who came along with the military vessels.
(c) The units deployed with the ships.
(d) Two steamboats.

10. When was Japan last at war?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1621.
(c) 1810.
(d) 1597.

11. What stunned the Japanese about the sailors?
(a) Some were black.
(b) Some were women.
(c) How many there were.
(d) Some were Chinese.

12. What is illegal for the Emperor to do without permission of the government?
(a) Leave the palace.
(b) Sign a law.
(c) Order an execution.
(d) Get married.

13. What are two exports the United States is hoping to gain from Japan?
(a) Coal and whale oil.
(b) Whale oil and jade.
(c) Fish and coal.
(d) Fish and jade.

14. Why did the Dutch submit to such control by the Japanese?
(a) The Japanese didn't try to control the Dutch overly much.
(b) To gain the enormous profits of trade with them.
(c) They were foreigners in a foreign land and did not want to offend.
(d) They believed the Japanese would continue to give them a monopoly.

15. What do the fishermen do as the ships are coming in?
(a) Set fire to one of the alien ships.
(b) Try to attack the ships.
(c) Come to shore quickly.
(d) Try to get a spy on board the ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the main missions of Commodore Perry's trip to Japan?

2. What was the meeting with the Shogun like for the Dutch?

3. What was the Japanese contact with the outside world prior to the 17th century?

4. What does Commodore Perry have for the Emperor from President Fillmore?

5. What was the smaller of the two swords that a samurai carried used for?

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