Share Japan and the Shoguns (Weeks 1-6)
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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
create trade stations
hire soldiers
enforce laws
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
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?
Japan was united, no more war, isolation, urbanization, growth of merchant class...
Why did the US President send Commodore Perry to Japan?
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
Which of the following people worried the Shogun?
foreigners
missionaries
Christians
all of these
Why did daimyo have to travel to Edo every second year during Shogun Japan?
to make sure they could not build too much support in their local areas which might threaten the shogun's power
What was the name of the battle that saw the end of the Warring States period?
The Battle of Sekigahara
What is a shogun?
a military ruler
a religious leader
a Japanese emperor
all of these
What is the Japanese term for "locked country"?
seppuku
sendai
shamisen
sakoku
