The purpose of Commodore Perry's mission to Japan in 1853 was to
a. create an American colony in Japan.
b. explore and map the Japanese mainland.
c. bring the message of Christianity into Japan.
d. persuade the Japanese to open their ports to trade.
d
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What will be an ideal response?
During the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the political agenda of the rulers of Europe was shaped by __________
A) domesticity B) sabbaths C) confessions D) benedictions
What became less important as the basis for appointment and promotion in Napoleon Bonaparte's state bureaucracy?
A) merit B) friendship C) birth D) talent
How was the Nixon Doctrine different from previous diplomatic actions taken by the United States in global geopolitics?
A) The United States would continue to intervene in regional conflicts taking place all over the world. B) The United States would share a sphere of influence in Southeast Asia with China and the Soviet Union. C) The United States now expected its friends to take the lead in defending themselves. D) The United States would be the primary nation policing the actions of Southeast Asian nations.