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What did Japan do to assert (show off) its new power in the world?
Invaded other countries and took them over
What is one thing the Meiji government did to modernize Japan?
Possible answers: Sent people to study overseas, took ideas he liked from other countries to use in Japan, ended feudal system
According to Emperor Meiji, what was the best way for Japan to prevent a foreign takeover?
Modernize, westernize
Who was going to replace the Shogun as ruler of Japan after he was overthrown?
Emperor
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...
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
What was the name of the very nice and not at all violent maniac the American president sent to Japan?
Commodore Matthew Perry
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
Why did the US President send Commodore Perry to Japan?
To get coal, to trade with Japan
What was something the rest of the world was doing that Japan wasn't?
Modernization, industrialization
What system did the Meiji Restoration end in Japan AND what was done to end it?
Feudalism.  Everyone was made equal.  
How did Japan change during the Edo period?
Possible answers: Japan was united, no more war, isolation urbanization, growth of merchant class...
Briefly describe Japan's closed country / isolation / exclusion policy
Japanese people weren't allowed to leave. Europeans weren't allowed to enter
Why did Tokugawa Ieyasu ban Christianity?
It went against traditional Japanese beliefs (Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism); threatened social order
The only place where the Dutch and Chinese were allowed to trade was...
Nagasaki 
Name 2 groups of people that Tokugawa Ieyasu banned from Japan
Possible answers: Christians, missionaries, Europeans, Westerners, traders
What is a type of theatre performed in Japan?
Possible answers: Kabuki, Noh, Banraku
What was the capital city of Japan called during the Tokugawa period?
Edo
Describe the Tokugawa/Edo Period in a few words
Peaceful, prosperous, stable, united, isolated...
Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu?
Shogun