Question

japan began modernizing its politics and economy in 1868 in a process called
○ parliamentary democracy
○ the meiji restoration
○ the tokugawa shogunate
○ feudalism

Explanation:

The Meiji Restoration was the 1868 period when Japan began modernizing its politics, economy, and society to align with Western models. Parliamentary democracy is a political system, not the modernization process. The Tokugawa Shogunate was the pre-modern feudal regime that ended in 1868, and feudalism was the outdated system replaced during this modernization.

Answer:

B. the Meiji Restoration