Commodore Matthew Perry is best known for
taking which action?
(1) leading the British East India Company
(2) rescuing Europeans during the Boxer
Rebellion
(3) justifying European spheres of influence in
China
(4) opening Japan to American and European
influences

Respuesta :

Commodore Matthew Perry is best known for "(4) opening Japan to American and European influences," since this was in fact the first time that Japan had been opened up to the western world. 

The correct answer is 4.

Matthew Perry (1794 – 1858) was a Commodore of the US Navy. He had a prominent role in the Convention of Kanagawa, in 1854, where he contributed to the opening of Japan to the West. This convention concluded with the first treaty, through which US vessels could use two ports in Japan, that oficially ended its national seclusion (sakoku) policy, that had lasted for more than two centuries.