GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

WORLD HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Beginning in the 1630s and for the next 2 centuries, Japanese foreign policy included all of these EXCEPT
A
forbidding Japanese travel overseas
B
banning the import of books
C
careful control of Asian trade
D
open trade with Europeans
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -However, during the ‘sakoku-jidai‘, the so-called seclusion period, Holland and China were the only countries permitted to trade and have limited contacts with Japan.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Portuguese weren’t the only Europeans to establish trade in Japan. The first Dutch ship arrived in 1600, and in 1609 the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, or VOC) established a trading factory in Hirado.

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