Japan mid term test: Page 3 of 3

Question 1

entourages

Answer 1

a group of people attending or surrounding an important person.

Question 2

metropolises.

Answer 2

he capital or chief city of a country or region; a very large and densely populated industrial and commercial city.

Question 3

popular culture

Answer 3

a culture that is a majority or that plays a big part in that particular area.

Question 4

ethical codes

Answer 4

Ethical codes are adopted by organizations to assist members in understanding the difference between right and wrong

Question 5

Edict

Answer 5

an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.

Question 6

Banraku

Answer 6

is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre, founded in Osaka in the beginning of the 17th century.

Question 7

Entourages

Answer 7

a group of people attending or surrounding an important person.

Question 8

Floating World

Answer 8

The Floating World was an expression of the new economy and social ambitions of the common townspeople of the Edo period (1615-1868).

Question 9

Geisha

Answer 9

a Japanese hostess trained to entertain men with conversation, dance, and song.

Question 10

Kabuki

Answer 10

is a classical Japanese dance-drama. Kabuki theatre is known for the styles of its drama and for the elaborate make up worn by some of its performers.

Question 11

Metropolises

Answer 11

he capital or chief city of a country or region; a very large and densely populated industrial and commercial city.

Question 12

Southern Barbarians

Answer 12

he word Nanban means “southern barbarians,” which is what the Japanese of the sixteenth century called Europeans and other foreigners.

Question 13

What did the word Southern Barbarian mean?

Answer 13

Over time, the word “southern barbarian” came to mean any foreigner. Much of Japanese culture was imported from China, including the habit of calling all foreigners “southern barbarians.”

Question 14

What did the Japanese think about Christianity?

Answer 14

The policy of the Japanese government was to turn Christians from their faith or to convert to the faith that was more Japanese. If the Catholics refused to renounce their religion, they were tortured. Christianity was banned in Japan during the Edo Period until 1873, and some Christians who openly professed their faith before that date were still prosecuted.

Question 15

What were some of the Japanese exclusion laws?

Answer 15

Exclusion Laws in Japan. However in 1636 strict isolation laws were enforced, foreigners were expelled, Japanese Christians were compelled to renounce their religion on pain of death, and Japanese were forbidden to leave the country. These strict exclusion laws lasted until 1854.

Question 16

What did the Japanese think about the Dutch scholars?.

Answer 16

The Dutch and the Japanese had a really good friendship actually. The Dutch received permits to trade from Tokugawa Ieyasu, who in 1603 was titled a shogun. Then they got a second permit for trading in all of the Japanese ports.

Question 17

How did the economy that boomed support farmers?

Answer 17

the farmers got more money.

Question 18

How did economy that boomed support merchats?

Answer 18

On the other hand, little foreign trade, the overtaxing of peasants, and the continued use of rice for payment in most transactions held the economy back.

Question 19

How did the economy help the road Networks.

Answer 19

Road improvements financed by the daimyo helped increase trade.
The population increased in urban centers.

Question 20

How did the economy help in money?

Answer 20

Long periods of stability and peace usually result in more wealth for a country. In some ways, Edo Japan had a booming or expanding, economy.

Question 21

How did economy help with population?

Answer 21

With more and more centres of larger populations, the economy of the country began to change.

Several other cities also grew to sizeable populations.

Question 22

Why was Edo a Japan metropolises?

Answer 22

was a large city and government centre.

Question 23

Why was Osaka a Japan metropolises?

Answer 23

was a large commercial centre.

Question 24

Why was Kyoto a Japan metropolises?

Answer 24

was an ancient capital of Japan and the home of the imperial palace where the emperor resided.

Question 25

What was floating worlds?

Answer 25

Cultural activities, like kabuki and noh, took place in areas called the floating world.

Question 26

What is Kabuki theater?

Answer 26

Kabuki theatre became very popular with people of all classes, but primarily the merchant class.

It featured lively action, wild plots, and elaborate costumes and make-up.

It was a mirror of Japanese life and it often focused on domestic dramas that depicted moral dilemmas such as the conflict between obligation and happiness.

Question 27

What is Bunraku theater?

Answer 27

or puppet theatre, was also popular, but these puppet plays were for adults, not children.

One of the first groups of puppeteers was named Banraku.

Their name came to be used to describe this type of entertainment.

Both Banraku and kabuki were performed only by non-humans.

Question 28

What is Geishas?

Answer 28

Some women were employed in the entertainment business and trained as geishas. They were trained in dancing, singing, witty conversation, the tea ceremony, and floral arrangement. They were expected to be able to demonstrate all the correct forms of etiquette. Their appearance and behaviour reflected the cultural values of the time.

Question 29

What are woodblocks?

Answer 29

Edo woodblock images were prints of original paintings. Once a painting was completed, the artist carved the major lines and details of the painting into a flat wooden block. Paints were applied to the woodblock, which was then pressed onto canvas or paper, creating a print of the original painting.

Question 30

Why is literature part of Japanese culture?

Answer 30

The language became simpler and the subject matter far less sophisticated. The topics were similar to the themes used by the block printers when they created their sketches — sketches of the floating world, showing images of the arts and of everyday life.

Question 31

Why are books important in Japanese culture?

Answer 31

Commercial printing and publishing first became popular in Kyoto. By the mid-17th century, printing houses appeared in Osaka and in the 18th century, they were established in Edo and other large castle towns. Although the techniques of movable print and the printing press were available in Japan from the late 15th century, by 1626 the old technology using wooden printing blocks was in use again.
Wooden blocks were easier to use with the Japanese writing characters.

Question 32

What is haiku?

Answer 32

a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables.

Question 33

Why was sumo wrestling so important in Japanese culture?

Answer 33

During the age of the samurai, physical strength was an important skill for warriors, and samurai families beganto employ sumo wrestlers

Question 34

What is Japan’s utopia?

Answer 34

Japan economy got better and that currently states a utopia in the Japanese society

Question 35

How did the Feudal triangle shift?

Answer 35

Feudalism is a type of government where a weak monarchy tries to control an area of land through agreements with wealthy landholders. … The feudal period of Japanese history was a time when powerful families (and the military power of warlords, and their warriors, the samurai ruled Japan.

Question 36

What types of natural disasters are in Japan?

Answer 36

Many types of natural disasters occur in Japan such as tsunamis, floods, typhoons, earthquakes, cyclones, and even volcanic eruptions.

Question 37

What were the outside threats of the Japanese

Answer 37

Foreigners were very big threats to the Japanese.