Unit 3 - From Isolation to Adaption: Japan

Question 1

archipelago

Answer 1

an island group or island chain

Question 2

isolation

Answer 2

Japan was a remote isolated country.

They got very little produce and knowledge from other countries because of their isolated location.

Question 3

homogeneous

Answer 3

made up of the same kind of people or things

Question 4

Confucianism

Answer 4

An ethical or philosophical system.

The teachings of the Chinese scholar, Confucius.

On occasion described as a religion.

Society could become perfect.

Question 5

Floating world

Answer 5

Ukiyo. Describes the urban lifestyle, especially the pleasure-seeking aspects.

Question 6

Exclusion laws

Answer 6

Due to the SHOGUN feeling that his power and the Japanese culture were threatened.

The suspension of chinese immigration.

All boats were destroyed so people could not leave or enter.

The Dutch were the only ones allowed into Japan to trade.

Question 7

Unequal Treaties (Treaty of Kanagawa)

Answer 7

treaty between the USA, and Japan

meant the end of Japan’s 220 year-old policy of national seclusion (sakoku),

It also ensured the safety of American castaways

established the position of an American consul in Japan.

Question 8

Daimyo

Answer 8

Most powerful class… subordinate only to the Shogun.

Daimyo were the most powerful feudal rulers from the 10th century to the middle 19th century in Japan.

Question 9

Samurai

Answer 9

military nobility of medieval and early-modern Japan.

Question 10

Outcasts

Answer 10

Japanese people who where shunned or ignored by other classes because of the type of work they did

Question 11

Ainu

Answer 11

Japan’s indigenous people

Question 12

Commodore Perry

Answer 12

Perry and his ships from America made contact withthe Japanese.

Japanese traded rice for your wife.

Question 13

Dutch traders

Answer 13

the Dutch were granted extensive trading rights and set up a Dutch East India Company trading outpost at Hirado.

When the Shimabara uprising of 1637 happened, in which Christian Japanese started a rebellion against the Tokugawa shogunate, it was crushed with the help of the Dutch. As a result, all Christian nations who gave aid to the rebels were expelled, leaving the Dutch the only commercial partner from the West.

Question 14

Alternate Attendance

Answer 14

The practice of forcing the daimyo to move from their home provinces to live in Edo every other year.

The purpose was to control the Daimyo from overthrowing the Shogun.

Question 15

Ronin

Answer 15

Samurai warriers without masters.

Question 16

Shogun

Answer 16

Military ruler officially appointed by the emperor in Edo, Japan.

Question 17

Outcasts

Answer 17

Were the bottom of the class and were the ones doing the dirty work.

They were considered evil or sinful.

Question 18

Ethical codes

Answer 18

Rules about right and wrong behaviour.

Question 19

Seppuku

Answer 19

Ritual suicide performed in Japan as an honourable alternative to humiliation and public shame.

Question 20

Filial piety

Answer 20

faithfulness and devotion to one’s parents.

Question 21

Kabuki

Answer 21

a form of theatre

Question 22

Banraku

Answer 22

Traditional Japanese puppet theatre.

Three kinds of performers take part in the Banraku performance.

Question 23

Noh

Answer 23

a musical dance drama

Question 24

What are the four main islands in Japan?

Answer 24

Hokkaido

Honshu

Shikoku

Kyushu

Question 25

MEIJI PERIOD:

Meiji Restoration

Answer 25

Teenage Prince Mutsuhito was made emperor.

The 3-year period when he ruled is the Meiji Restoration

Question 26

MEIJI PERIOD:

How did the structure of the government and the way it was run change?

Answer 26

It became a democracy and everyone benefited.

Question 27

MEIJI PERIOD:

The Five Charter Oath

Answer 27

Democracy and community

Anyone can be involved in the government

Do that job that makes you happy

Gets ride of the Shoguns rules - base everything on the just laws of nature

Learn about the world to strengthen the foundations of imperial rule.

Question 28

MEIJI PERIOD:

What was the aim of the education system?

Answer 28

to make Japan rich and strong country.

Question 29

MEIJI PERIOD:

Although the 5-charter Oath set out to bring equality and change to the society of Japan, in reality, (especially in small villages), life remained the same or was slow to change.

List 4 ways life remained the same.

Answer 29

1. Traditional family patterns did not change (fathers continued to have legal authority for their familys and made all decisions).
2. Class distinctions remained. Prejudices continued.
3. Rural peasant life remained largely the same.
4. People could not afford to send their kids to school.

Question 30

Kami

Answer 30

A divine being or spiritual force in Shinto

Question 31

Kamuy

Answer 31

The gods of nature of the Ainu

Question 32

Terrace

Answer 32

The top of a structure used as a platform or garden.

Question 33

Arable

Answer 33

Land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops.

Question 34

EDO JAPAN:

What is a DISADVANTAGE of the island location of Japan?

Answer 34

Trade and contact with other nations is more difficult.

Question 35

EDO JAPAN:

Japanese peple and the Ainu people resembles

Answer 35

European settlers and Aboriginal Canadians in North America.

Question 36

EDO JAPAN:

Name some geographic challenges for the Japanese people

Answer 36

Tsunamis

Typhoons

Shortage of arable land

Question 37

EDO JAPAN:

What does modern Alberta have in common with Feudal Japan

Answer 37

Use the land for economic survival.

Question 38

EDO JAPAN:

What did the Shogun control?

Answer 38

foreign trade and relations

daimyo to live in Edo every second year.

restricted who could own weapons.

daimyo to control taxes and government

Question 39

EDO JAPAN:

Emperor

Answer 39

Figurehead during the Edo period

Question 40

EDO JAPAN:

Which of the following groups, during the Edo period,
was at the bottom of the social order:

Farmers

Samurai

Merchants

Artisans

Answer 40

Merchants

Question 41

EDO JAPAN:

Who was expected to obey the rules imposed on them without question?

Answer 41

Farmers

Merchants

Artisans

Question 42

Describe the rules and expectations for
social behaviour during the Meiji Period in Japan

Answer 42

social controls were remove

Japanese people were told how not to act and dress in an attempt to break them of traditional dress and customs that were deemed primitive and embarrassing to Japan in the eyes of Western nations.

Question 43

Which social class experienced a change in status toward the end of Japan’s Edo Period as they gained wealth and power as other social classes increasingly became indebted (owing money) to them

Answer 43

The Merchant class

Question 44

Why did Japan actively isolate itself to prevent new ideas from challenging traditional practices and roles?

Answer 44

Strong social hierarchy and defined social roles
Well developed military
Self-reliance
Strong and unquestioned religious faith
Traditional division of labour for men and women
Reverence, honour, and respect for the past, history and elders of the society
Suspicion of new technology, ideas, and practices

Question 45

What characteristic of Japan’s feudal system and hierarchical social structure during the Edo Period allowed the Shogun to maintain control of Japan?

Answer 45

Social class was hereditary. Without social mobility, people could not easily gain wealth and power. By controlling the size of the elite and noble classes, the Shogun controlled the number of people with the wealth and power to challenge him.