Ch. 7.3 Rise of Modern Japan

Question 1

concession

Answer 1

political compromise

Question 2

prefecture

Answer 2

territory formerly owned by daimyos. taken away by gov’t. lords became governors of these territories

Question 3

(a) compensate

Answer 3

“The daimyo, as mentioned, were COMPENSATED with government bonds.”

Question 4

(a) equip

Answer 4

“The new army was well EQUIPPED with modern weapons.”

Question 5

(a) succession

Answer 5

“The attack of the Japanese is a continuous SUCCESSION of waves, and they never relax their efforts by day or by night.”

Question 6

(p) Matthew Perry

Answer 6

commodore. 1853: American warships arrive in Edo Bay under his lead. under military pressure, made Japanese sign Treaty of Kanagawa—return for shipwrecked Americans, opening of two ports to West, establishment of U.S. consulate in Japan

Question 7

(p) Millard Fillmore

Answer 7

U.S. president who asked for better treatment of shipwrecked sailors/Americans. want opening between foreign relations of U.S. and Japan

Question 8

(p) Mutsuhito

Answer 8

young emperor. his reign=Meiji (Enlightened Rule). era known as Meiji Restoration.

Question 9

(p) Ito Hirobumi

Answer 9

sent to travel to GB, France, Germany, and U.S. to study gov’ts.

Question 10

(pl) Edo Bay

Answer 10

(Tokyo Bay) Commodore Perry arrived here

Question 11

(pl) Kyoto

Answer 11

city. Sat-Cho armies attacked shogun’s palace here in 1868. want emperor’s power to be restored

Question 12

(pl) Edo

Answer 12

(Tokyo) capital moved here.

Question 13

(pl) Port Arthur

Answer 13

China and Japan fight over Korea. Japanese destroy Chinese fleet and seized this city. (1894)