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Edo Japan and Meiji Restoration
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What was something the rest of the world was doing that Japan wasn't?
Modernization, industrialization
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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
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What is a type of theatre performed in Japan?
Possible answers: Kabuki, Noh, Banraku
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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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Who was going to replace the Shogun as ruler of Japan after he was overthrown?
Emperor
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What was the capital city of Japan called during the Tokugawa period?
Edo
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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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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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Describe the Tokugawa/Edo Period in a few words
Peaceful, prosperous, stable, united, isolated...
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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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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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According to Emperor Meiji, what was the best way for Japan to prevent a foreign takeover?
Modernize, westernize
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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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What did Japan do to assert (show off) its new power in the world?
Invaded other countries and took them over
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Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu?
Shogun
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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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The only place where the Dutch and Chinese were allowed to trade was...
Nagasaki
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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 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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Why did the US President send Commodore Perry to Japan?
To get coal, to trade with Japan
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