Question 1

Who was Muhammad Ali of Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Ruler of Egypt in the 1800s modernized the country

Question 2

Who was Commodore Mathey Perry?

Accepted Answer

American Naval Officer who sailed into Japan in 1854 to demand they trade with the US

Question 3

What was the Meiji Restoration?

Accepted Answer

Political revolution that ended the Tokugawa shogunate

Brought in Western advisors and adopted Western values

Massive industrialization based off the West

Question 4

What did the Meiji do to Japan?

Accepted Answer

Modernized and industrialized it based on West-European examples

(happened after the Meiji State took power from the former Tokugawa shogunate)

Question 5

What was the Charter Oath?

Accepted Answer

An outline of what Emporer Meiji would do during his reign to modernize Japan

Question 6

How did Commodore Matthew Perry influence Japan's industrialization?

Accepted Answer

The Japanese realized that if they did not industrialize they could be over thrown

Question 7

What were zaibatsu?

Accepted Answer

Powerful Japanese businesses conglomerates

Question 8

What was the automatic loom?

Accepted Answer

A Japanese invention to improve the loom

(created by the company that would eventually become Toyota)

5.6 - State-led Industrialization, AP World History: Modern Flashcards