Chapter 14-Japan

Question 1

What was Ranald MacDonald request of the captain and crew of the Plymouth?

Answer 1

To let him be set adrift towards Japan.

Question 2

What did Ranald MacDonald want to do in Japan?

Answer 2

He wanted to be an interpreter or teacher.

Question 3

What two things did the shogun feel were threats to his authority?

Answer 3

Foreigners

Knowledge

Question 4

List the five Exclusion Laws.

Answer 4

All Christian missionaries and foreign traders were forced to leave.
The Japanese were not allowed to leave.
Ships that could make long journeys were no longer built
Japanese people who were out of the country could not return.
Most foreign objects were forbidden

Question 5

What other three tightened controls on movement did the shogun put in place?

Answer 5

People needed special documents to travel.
A curfew was put in place.
Wheeled transport was banned.

Question 6

Why were Dutch traders allowed to remain in Japan?

Answer 6

So the shogun could learn from their knowledge of the outside world.

Question 7

What happened once a year that the Dutch were required to do?

Answer 7

Go to Edo to pay respects to the shogun. There, the officials would ask them questions about the outside world.

Question 8

What three things did Japan consider important to them?

Answer 8

Peace, safety and security
Harmony, respect and a sense that everyone has his or her place.
Leisure time and opportunities for personal expression and enjoyment

Question 9

I’m what ways was Japan a booming and expanding economy?

Answer 9

Farmers increased population by irrigating and growing two crops on the same price of land.
Road improvements financed by the daimyo helped increase trade.
The population increased in urban ventures.
Silver and gold coins were introduced as currency

Question 10

What held the economy back?

Answer 10

Little foreign trade.
Overtaxing of peasants.
Continued use of rice for payments.

Question 11

What was Kabuki?

Answer 11

It was a form of theatre. The productions were lavish and sometimes violent.

Question 12

What was the Tea Ceremony?

Answer 12

The purpose of the rituals are to bring enjoyment and peace of mind to the participants

Question 13

What was Sumo Wrestling?

Answer 13

Originated in ancient times as a religious performance.

Question 14

What was a Haiku?

Answer 14

It was a new form of poetry in the Edo period. The first line is five syllables, the second is seven, the the final line is five syllables

Question 15

What is Bunraku?

Answer 15

A puppet theatre were large, almost life-size puppets enact the ordeals of duelling samurai or separated lovers.

Question 16

What was Kendo?

Answer 16

A form of Japanese martial arts.

Question 17

What was Noh?

Answer 17

A musical dance drama where performers wear masks to symbolize character traits.

Question 18

What was the “floating world”?

Answer 18

They were areas where the rules and controls of society were relaxed.

Question 19

What changes occurred for merchants at the end of the Edo period?

Answer 19

They gained wealth and power because more people needed their services.
Where in charge of storing rice and converting it to cash or credits.
They also lent money whenever everyone needed loans.

Question 20

What changes occurred for presents at the end of the Edo period?

Answer 20

They needed money to pay for their high taxes.

Question 21

What changes occurred for the daimyo at the end of the Edo period?

Answer 21

Because of the high cost of alternative attendance and road construction many daimyo were going bankrupt

Question 22

What changes occurred for the samurai at the end of the Edo period?

Answer 22

There was little work for them.
Many were to proud to take other jobs.
Some even married merchants daughters to survive.

Question 23

What are some disasters that began occurring in Japan?

Answer 23

Famines
A third of the population died of starvation
Land was deserted as peasants fled into the cities where they often couldn’t find work
Rice was so scarce that the price rise steeply
City dwellers rioted over price increases and attacked the homes of the wealthy

Question 24

What nations wanted to trade with Japan?

Answer 24

Russia
England
United States

Question 25

What was the No Second Thought Expulsion Order?

Answer 25

It was a law made by the shogun that said all foreign ships must be shot at and cannot enter Japan. If the foreigners get ashore the shogun encouraged the people to capture them and destroy the mother ship.

Question 26

Why was the US so interested in trading with Japan?

Answer 26

The US had huge investments in the whaling industry in the Pacific

The US needed stations between San Francisco and Canton where whaling ships could refuel and get supplies