In What Way Did Late Nineteenth-Century Japanese Colonial Rule in the Ryukyu

question 50

Multiple Choice

In what way did late nineteenth-century Japanese colonial rule in the Ryukyu Islands differ from that of the British in India or the Americans in Puerto Rico?

• A) The Japanese refused to train a Ryukyu governing class.
• B) The Japanese believed that the Ryukyu were civilized people, equal to themselves.
• C) The Japanese required a large military presence to control the heavily armed islanders.
• D) The Japanese built railroads and bridges to connect the islands.