Chapter 29

Quiz for Chapter Twenty-Nine America in Global Context: Yoichi Funabashi: “Japan and America: Global Partners”

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Question 1

Among the “sources of bilateral friction,” Funabashi listed the trade imbalance. He believed this might cause friction in the 1990s and beyond for what reason?A. The United States’s domination of Japan’s import market would make the Japanese feel as if their country were still occupied by the United States.
B. Japan was striving to develop its major industries and wanted the United States to lower its tariffs on Japanese goods, including cars.
C. Japanese steel, cars, and electronics dominated American markets, which would increase the two countries’ sense of competition with one another.
D. America’s growing dependence on Japanese products would make it increasingly defensive and determined to close the trade gap.

Question 2

What historical development did Funabashi believe had fundamentally shifted the relationship between the United States and Japan in the 1980s and 1990s?A. American deindustrialization
B. The emergence of China as an international economic power
C. The tremendous growth of the electronics industry
D. The end of the Cold War

Question 3

Aside from a projection of its own hierarchical society, Funabashi asserted that Japan’s emphasis on competition and ranking was caused by the country’sA. relatively late entry into the international system.
B. long-standing religious traditions.
C. modern economic attitudes adopted from America.
D. nationalistic sentiments absorbed from Germany.