S2 Japan Flashcards
What was the role of a merchant
Sell rice selling items or charging interest on money they loanded
What is the role of the daimyo
They were regional land owners they were allowed to rule over provinencies
What is the role of the emperor
Held the highest status
Important religious leader
Descendent of the sun. Goddess
What is sakoku
Means country in chains
When Japan isolated themselves from the outside world
What does seppuku mean
A form of ritual sacrifice
What does rangaku mean
The learning of western science geography and art
What is the bushido code?
The way of a samurais life
What is a kimono
Traditional Japanese garment
That soldiers wore under there armour
What dos colonisation mean
the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area
What is Yokohama boomtown
When unemployment rose and prices rose steep inflation
What did samurai wear in battle
Wearing a colourful kimono
Heavy armour made of rows of metal plates laced together with all the knots tied to the front
What is the treaty of Kanagawa
The treaty was peace between the us and Japan meaning they would e kind to shipwrecked Americans and let them live in japan and have job there
What were the terms of the treaty of kanagawa
Thta shipwrecked Americans were allowed to come to japan to pick up coal also that Americans were allowed to live on japan
Evidence thta the treaty of kanagawa was good for japan
It gave protection fro American soldiers and opened up trades from America
Put these events in order
Colonisation of japan
Sukoko foreign policy
Boomtown
Perrys arrival
Sukoko
Colonistation of japan
Perrys arrival
Boomtown
