What significance did Nagasaki Bay hold in Japanese history before the United State dropped a second atomic bomb there?
a. It was the imperial capital of the Tokugawa Shogunate
b. Invading Mongol navy was wrecked by a typhoon in a failed invasion attempt there
c. Matthew Perry's gunboat visit to Japan occurred here.
d. Western trade was restricted to contact with the Dutch only at Deshima Island, allowing for limited exposure to European ideas during the period of isolation.
e. It is the spiritual center of indigenous Ainu people
Answer: d. Western trade was restricted to contact with the Dutch only at Deshima Island, allowing for limited exposure to European ideas during the period of isolation.
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