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Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu?

Shogun

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Describe the Tokugawa/Edo Period in a few words

Peaceful, prosperous, stable, united, isolated...

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What was the capital city of Japan called during the Tokugawa period?

Edo

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What is a type of theatre performed in Japan?

Possible answers: Kabuki, Noh, Banraku

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Name 2 groups of people that Tokugawa Ieyasu banned from Japan

Possible answers: Christians, missionaries, Europeans, Westerners, traders

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The only place where the Dutch and Chinese were allowed to trade was...

Nagasaki

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Why did Tokugawa Ieyasu ban Christianity?

It went against traditional Japanese beliefs (Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism); threatened social order

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Briefly describe Japan's closed country / isolation / exclusion policy

Japanese people weren't allowed to leave. Europeans weren't allowed to enter

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How did Japan change during the Edo period?

Possible answers: Japan was united, no more war, isolation urbanization, growth of merchant class...

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What system did the Meiji Restoration end in Japan AND what was done to end it?

Feudalism. Everyone was made equal.

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What was something the rest of the world was doing that Japan wasn't?

Modernization, industrialization

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Why did the US President send Commodore Perry to Japan?

To get coal, to trade with Japan

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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

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What was the name of the very nice and not at all violent maniac the American president sent to Japan?

Commodore Matthew Perry

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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

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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...

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