You pass a British man on the street and feel some resentment. You remember that the British forcibly opened Shanghai to foreign trade after this war: The Taiping Rebellion The Opium War The Boxer Rebellion The Sino-Japanese War If you answer correctly, move forward three spaces! On the way to the rice distribution center, you pass a lively storefront and can’t help but wander inside. There, you see a “taxi dancer.” A “taxi dancer” is: A cab driver who changes cars frequently A person who dances on top of taxis to entertain people stuck in traffic A professional dance partner, generally a woman, who is paid by the dance A dancer who dresses only in yellow and black If you answer correctly, move forward two spaces! You linger outside a teahouse and listen to intellectuals talking inside. You feel pleased to live in such a “cosmopolitan” city. The meaning of “cosmopolitan” is: sophisticated and worldly stuck-up and elitist narrow-minded and boring inferior and tiresome If you answer correctly, move forward spaces! You pass a shop that has posted signs in its windows in both Chinese and Japanese. You know that Japanese uses characters, like Chinese, but that they also have their own writing system. This writing system is called: harikari hiragana beriberi matahari If you answer correctly, move forward three spaces! (Bonus: Move forward one more space if you can name the kind of writing system used—not an alphabet but a…) You take a wrong turn and end up in the International Settlement. This district is governed by which two foreign powers? France and Japan Germany and the Netherlands Italy and Spain Great Britain and the United States If you answer correctly, move forward two spaces!
You pass an alley where several smugglers have set up shop. One of the things they are selling is rice. You have many neighbors who purchase their rice from smugglers because: It is better quality than the rice sold in stores There is not enough rice being sold in the shops, due to the Japanese barricade It is cheaper to buy from smugglers It is more convenient to buy from smugglers than from stores If you answer correctly, move forward one space! You pass two elderly women who are complaining about “life in the line.” You know they are referencing: Having to stand in police line-ups Standing in line all day, every day to get their ration of rice Getting up early to get deals at the department stores’ sales Working “on the line” at a factory If you answer correctly, move forward two spaces! You see a bedraggled woman sitting beside the road begging. She calls out to you that she is homeless because the Japanese invaded her city after they defeated Shanghai, and all of her family was killed. You guess that she lived in: Hong Kong Taipei Nanjing Beijing If you answer correctly, move forward three spaces! There are many Jewish refugees who made their way to Shanghai during World War II, and they found a home there. However, because Japan had an alliance with this country, the Jews in Shanghai were eventually forced to live in a contained “ghetto”: France United States Russia Germany If you answer correctly, move forward two spaces! You pass through a Japanese police checkpoint without incident, but a foreigner riding by is stopped and then yelled at by the guards. What do you think he did wrong? He failed to pay a bribe He did not remove his hat and bow before passing through the gates He did not salute All foreigners were treated this way, no matter what they did If you answer correctly, move forward one space! You have to weave your way across a dangerous busy street. There are a few cars, but for the most part, the traffic is made up of “rickshaws.” A “rickshaw” is: A small cart drawn by a human being A riding cart that is carried by humans A cart drawn by horses
A sled If you answer correctly, move forward two spaces! You stop by noodle shop to get a bowl of noodles, and there overhear two students whispering about their “Marxist” activities in the resistance movement. You guess that they are supporters of this leader: Mao Zedong, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party Chiang Kaishek, the leader of the Chinese Nationalist Hirohito, the emperor of Japan Franklin D. Roosevelt, the president of the United States If you answer correctly, move forward two spaces! An elderly woman passes you, leaning heavily on her cane. Though her condition is now very rare in China, you note that this elderly lady is having trouble walking because: She is not accustomed to outside She usually has someone to help her She usually gets to ride in a rickshaw Her feet were bound as a little girl If you answer correctly, move forward one space! You see several very nice, black cars pull up alongside the curb and notice men dressed in Western suits get out. Some of the older kids who live on your alley told you that men who dress like this belong to the gangs that control much of the trade in Shanghai. These gangs make the greatest amount of money off their illegal sales of: tea rice opium marijuana If you answer correctly, move forward two spaces! You find yourself on the Bund, a famous stretch of European-style buildings in Shanghai along the Huangpu River. Looking at the bustling riverfront, you wonder why the name of Shanghai means: “Southern Capital” “On the Sea” “Black Dragon River” “International Settlement” If you answer correctly, move forward three spaces!