Statistics for Japanese History

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which empire attempted to conquer Japan from 1274 to 1281?	Mongol	86%
Who was the emperor whose reign was the longest in Japanese history?	Hirohito	82%
What was the name of the emperor who modernized Japan?	Meiji	80%
What’s the name of the original inhabitants of Hokkaido?	Ainu	68%
What’s the name of the first period of Japanese history? (hint: it starts with J)	Jomon	59%
Who is the current emperor of Japan?	Naruhito	52%
Who succeeded Oda Nobunaga when he died in 1582?	Toyotomi Hideyoshi	48%
The Taika Reforms (645) are inspired by the system of government of this Asian dynasty	Tang	43%
The current Japanese people are the union between the people above and these ones	Yayoi	41%
What is the name of the period from 1633 to 1853 during which Japan isolated itself from the rest of the world?	Sakoku	39%
Which clan founded the first bakufu of the Japanese history in 1192?	Minamoto	34%
How was Kyoto known in 794 when it became the capital of Japan?	Heian-kyo	30%
In which siege did the Tokugawa clan finally defeat the Toyotomi clan? (hint: the third city of Japan)	Siege of Osaka	23%
What is the name of the period from 1573 to 1603 during which there was no shoghun?	Azuchi Momoyama	20%
Who became Shogun in 1338?	Ashikaga Takauji	11%