Japan History Quiz 1

Questions

1. The Nara period lasted for how many years?

   1. 204
   2. 104
   3. 84
   4. 22

2. Who is known as "The Thomas Edison of Japan"?

   1. Tanaka Hisashage
   2. Yasujiro Niwa
   3. Taro Takemi
   4. Takashi Yabe

3. Which two companies worked together to produce the first standard compact disc?

   1. Sony and Panasonic
   2. Sony and Philips
   3. Sony and Kenwood
   4. Kenwood and Panasonic

4. Which of these served as Prime Minister of Japan BEFORE the others?

   1. Kesiuke Okada
   2. Inukai Tsyoshi
   3. Saito Makoto
   4. Oscachi Hamaguchi

5. Which of the following rulers of Japan is not recorded under the numbered rulers?

   1. Empress Saimei
   2. Empress Jingu
   3. Emperor Meiji
   4. Empress Gemmei

6. Which Japanese company invented the lean manufacturing process?

   1. Toyota
   2. Hyundai
   3. Nintendo
   4. Nissan

7. When were the Railways in Japanese Privatizes?

   1. 1991
   2. 1997
   3. 1987
   4. 1981

8. When was the Bank of Japan founded?

   1. 1877
   2. 1677
   3. 1777
   4. 1977

9. When did Kiichi Miyazawa's government collapse?

   1. 1990
   2. 1993
   3. 1999
   4. 1996

10. What shape Burial mounds represent the Kofun period?

    1. Triangle
    2. Star
    3. Circle
    4. Key Hole

11. Tomiichi Murayama resigned as Japanese PM in what year?

    1. 1999
    2. 1993
    3. 1996
    4. 1990

12. 2007 marked what anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War 2?

    1. 62nd
    2. 32nd
    3. 102nd
    4. 72nd

13. The first Showa Prime Minister was a member of which party?

    1. Liberal
    2. Rikken Minseito
    3. Rikken Seiyukai
    4. Military

14. The 2011 earthquake took place off the coast of which area?

    1. Miyagi
    2. Honshu
    3. Sendai
    4. Tohoku

15. Noboro Takeshita became Party leader of which group in the late 1980s?

    1. SDP
    2. MDP
    3. SNP
    4. LDP

16. In which country was the Treaty of Portsmouth signed?

    1. Russia
    2. Japan
    3. United States
    4. South Korea

17. In what year did the Siberian Intervention begin?

    1. 1914
    2. 1937
    3. 1931
    4. 1918

18. In what year did Emperor Kogen assume the throne?

    1. 214 B.
    2. 290 B.
    3. 158 B.
    4. 660 B.

19. in 1982, Yashuhiro Nakasone became what number Prime Minister of Japan?

    1. 31st
    2. 101st
    3. 2nd
    4. 71st

20. How is the country of Japan referred to in some prehistoric texts?

    1. Mamatai
    2. Samatai
    3. Yamatai
    4. Lamatai

21. Emperor Keitai is said to have ruled during which decade?

    1. 8th Century
    2. 4th century
    3. 12th Century
    4. 6th Century