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Japan 1904–1937

MOD-JPN is worth about 25 marks out of 100 in recent HSC Modern History papers. Practise 15 exam-style questions (multiple choice, short answer) with instant marking and a worked solution for every question.

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Topic notes

Japan's emergence as a great power, the challenges to traditional power in the 1920s, the rise of militarism in the 1930s and Japanese foreign policy to 1937, with how to write the 25-mark National Studies essay.

  1. 1What you need to know
  2. 2Background: the Meiji system
  3. 3Japan as an emerging power, 1904–1921
  4. 4Challenges to traditional power in the 1920s
  5. 5The rise of militarism in the 1930s
  6. 6Foreign policy to 1937 and ideology
  7. 7Planning a 25-mark essay
  8. 8Common mistakes
  9. 9Exam tips
  10. 10Links to other topics
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Example questions

Example 1 · 1 mark · multiple choice

Why did the Treaty of Portsmouth (1905), which ended the Russo-Japanese War, provoke riots in Tokyo?

  1. AJapan was forced to hand Korea back to Russian control
  2. BThe treaty required Japan to withdraw from Taiwan
  3. CBritain had negotiated the treaty without consulting Japan
  4. DRussia paid Japan no indemnity after a costly war

Example 2 · 1 mark · multiple choice

In 1925 the Japanese Diet passed a law giving the vote to all men aged 25 and over. Which other law was passed in the same year?

  1. AA law transferring command of the army from the emperor to the Diet
  2. BA law punishing groups that sought to change the kokutai
  3. CA law breaking up the zaibatsu into smaller companies
  4. DA law giving women the right to vote in local elections

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