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What resource was often used as money/payment in ancient Japan?
rice
Which of these was NOT a daimyos job?
collect taxes
enforce laws
hire soldiers
create trade stations
Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu?
Shogun
Describe the Tokugawa/Edo Period in a few words
Peaceful, prosperous, stable, united, isolated...
What was the capital city of Japan called during the Tokugawa period?
Edo
Name 2 groups of people that Tokugawa Ieyasu banned from Japan
Possible answers: Christians, missionaries, Europeans, Westerners, traders
The only place where the Dutch and Chinese were allowed to trade was...
Nagasaki
Why did Tokugawa Ieyasu ban Christianity?
It went against traditional Japanese beliefs (Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism); threatened social order
Briefly describe Japan's closed country / isolation / exclusion policy
Japanese people weren't allowed to leave. Europeans weren't allowed to enter
What was one thing that changed during the Edo period?
Possible answers: Japan was united, no more war, isolation urbanization, growth of merchant class...
What system did the Meiji Restoration end in Japan AND what was done to end it?
Feudalism. Everyone was made equal.
What was one thing the rest of the world was doing that Japan wasn't?
Modernization, industrialization, better technology and science
Why did the US President send Commodore Perry to Japan?
To get coal, to open their borders and trade
Why weren't the Japanese able to defend themselves against the Americans?
Lack of advanced weapons because they had been cut off from the rest of the world
What did the Treaty of Kanagawa do to Japan?
It opened Japan up to the rest of the world and forced them to trade with the Americans
Why were the Japanese people upset with the government after it opened up Japan to American trade?
Possible answers: The government was weak, unable to protect them, had given in to demands of barbarians...
