Japan History Quiz 30

Questions

1. The Tohoku earthquake occurred in what year?

   1. 2011
   2. 2014
   3. 2001
   4. 1999

2. Yasuo Tanaka was the head of which party as 2015 began?

   1. Social Democratic Party
   2. New Party Nippon
   3. Peoples New Party
   4. Democratic Party of Japan

3. Who initiated the unification of Japan near the end of the Sengoku period?

   1. Tsuchida Gozen
   2. Oda Nobunaga
   3. Ashikaga Takauji
   4. Akechi Mitsuhide

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

   1. Yoshiro Mori
   2. Shinzo Abe
   3. Ryutaro Hashimoto
   4. Tsutomu Hata

5. Which of these is the real name of a period of Civil War in 2nd Century Japan?

   1. Civil War of Wa
   2. Civil War of Sa
   3. Civil War of Ba
   4. Civil War of Da

6. Which of the following monorails once held the world record as being the longest in the world?

   1. Osaka Monorail
   2. Tokyo Monorail
   3. Okinawa Monorail
   4. Kitakyūshū Monorail

7. Which Empress moved the Japanese capital to Heijo Kyo?

   1. Senmei
   2. Lenmei
   3. Genmei
   4. Denmei

8. When was the Sakoku Edict issued?

   1. 1635
   2. 1935
   3. 1735
   4. 1835

9. When did the Yayoi Period emerge?

   1. 300BC
   2. 400AD
   3. 1900BC
   4. 1200BC

10. When did Japan and China finally reach agreement of over a gas field in the East China Sea?

    1. 2003
    2. 2000
    3. 2008
    4. 2006

11. What is the posthumous name of Emperor Hirohito?

    1. Dowa
    2. Showa
    3. Mowa
    4. Lowa

12. During the Meiji Period, which language was banned?

    1. Chinese
    2. Korean
    3. English
    4. Ainu

13. The Liberal Democratic Party's second Prime Minister was which of the following?

    1. Eisaku Sato
    2. Tanzan Ishibashi
    3. Ichiro Hatoyama
    4. Hayato Ikeda

14. The famous Gameboy was launched in Japan in which year?

    1. 1981
    2. 1989
    3. 1993
    4. 1998

15. Shozaburo Jimi was President of which party at the beginning of 2013?

    1. Social Democratic Party
    2. New Party Nippon
    3. Peoples New Party
    4. Democratic Party of Japan

16. Konishi Yukinaga led an army of how many men during the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1592?

    1. 3 thousand
    2. 1 thousand
    3. 10 thousand
    4. 7 thousand

17. In what year was the Treaty of Peace Between Japan and India signed?

    1. 1952
    2. 1905
    3. 1918
    4. 1956

18. In what year did the Great Kanto earthquake take place?

    1. 1923
    2. 2012
    3. 1995
    4. 1945

19. In what year did a Japanese warship dock in China for the first time since World War II?

    1. 2011
    2. 2001
    3. 2009
    4. 2008

20. How many years did Zenko Suzuki serve as Japanese Prime Minister?

    1. 2
    2. 4
    3. 6
    4. 8

21. Fujio Masuoka invented flash memory while working for which company?

    1. Kenwood
    2. Sanyo
    3. Sony
    4. Toshiba