Downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate
1. Japan's
reaction to the coming of the West, and specifically to Perry's show
of force
2. To what extent was
Japan opened by Commodore Matthew Perry and Townsend Harris?
3. Assessment on the Impact
of the coming of the West on Tokugawa Japan
4. Why the initially anti-foreign
attitude of the Japanese changed to the acceptance of the West in the 1860s
5. The role of the samurai
class in the Restoration Movement
6. Account for the downfall
of the Tokugawa shogunate by 1868
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The Meiji Modernization7. The obstacles that confronted
the Meiji leaders in the early years of modernization
8. The effects of the abolition
of feudalism in Meiji Japan
9. The circumstances leading
to the proclamation of the Meiji Constitution in 1889
10. The chief features of
the Meiji Constitution
11. Account for the rise
of nationalism in Japan by the late 19th century
12. The major educational,
military, judicial and religious reforms during the Meiji Era (1868-1912)
13. The economic changes
during the Meiji era
14. What was the Charter
Oath 1868? To what extent were the goals achieved by the end of the Meiji
Era?
15. Reasons for the success
of the Meiji modernization
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Rise of Japan as a world power
16. Brief
account of Japan’s
annexation of the Ryukyu Islands in the 1870s
17. "The Sino-Japanese
War of 1894-5 resulted from a clash of interests between China and Japan
over the issue of Korea. " Discuss.
18. The reasons that led
to the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1902
19. The contents and significance
of the 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance, with special reference on the external
relations of Japan
20. The reasons why Japan
entered into war with Russia in 1904
21. The historical significance
of the Russo-Japanese War 1904-5
22. Why Japan joined the
First World War and her gains between 1914 and 1919
23. The circumstances leading
to the Washington Conference 1921-22.
The achievements and failures of the Conference
24. The main weaknesses
of party government in Japan
25. Trace the origins for
the rise of militarism in Japan in the 1930s.
26. The major internal developments
of Japan between 1931 and 1941
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@KC Wong, KK Yuen, 1982
adapted by TK Chung |
