Statistics for Japanese History A-Z

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This quiz has been taken 316 times
The average score is 17 of 25

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	Hint	Answer	% Correct
C	Country warred against twice; once between 1894–1895 and then between 1937–1945	China	96%
E	Former name of Tokyo	Edo	93%
K	City that served as capital of Japan prior to 1868	Kyoto	93%
H	Japanese emperor during World War II	Hirohito	92%
N	City where the "Fat Man" was dropped	Nagasaki	92%
P	First European country to reach Japan	Portugal	91%
M	People who attempted to invade Japan in the 13th century twice, but were hit by typhoons both times	Mongols	88%
R	The treaty of Portsmouth ended the war against this country in 1905	Russia	85%
Q	Dynasty of C when Japan invaded it during WWII	Qing	77%
F	Nuclear plant that melted down in 2011	Fukushima	76%
I	Island in which the American Marines raised their flag	Iwo Jima	75%
V	Japan was granted all German possessions in the Pacific north of the equator in this treaty after the World War I	Versailles	75%
Z	Type of Buddhism that was introduced to Japan in the 12th century	Zen	75%
S	Title of the military dictator of Japan during much of 12th to 19th century	Shōgun	73%
O	Where Karate originated from	Okinawa	70%
W	Name of Hokusai's most famous painting: The Great ____ off Kanagawa	Wave	70%
A	Longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history	Shinzo Abe	69%
L	Political party that has been in power almost continuously since its foundation in 1955	{Liberal} Democratic Party	63%
D	First name of the American general led the Allied occupation of Japan during WWII	Douglas	58%
T	Name of the period during which Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy	{Toku}gawa	50%
J	Martial art from which judo is derived	Jujutsu	48%
Y	Marshal Admiral that is considered to be the mastermind of the Pearl Harbor attack	Yamamoto	42%
G	Bloody battle site in the Solomon Islands	Guadalcanal	39%
U	The first of these in Japan was established in 1858	University	31%
B	Sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution	{Boshin} War	19%