1. Who arrived in 1853 in Edo Bay with a letter from President Millard Fillmore asking for the opening of relations between Japan and the United States?

Answer: Matthew Perry


2. The emperor Mutsuhito brought about the Meiji Restoration that reformed all areas of Japanese life. What does the word Meiji mean?

Answer: "Enlightened Rule"


3. Which major world country was Japan fighting against in 1904-5? Who negotiated the treaty that ended this war?

Answer: Russia; Theodore Roosevelt


4. What is the "day that will live in infamy?" What happened on this day?

Answer: December 7, 1941; Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese


5. Who governed Japan under its Allied administration after World War II?

Answer: General Douglas MacArthur



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