Unit 9 Section 3 Quiz

Question 1

Daimyo/lord

Answer 1

• warrior chief
• “great name”
• powerful warlords

Question 2

Samurai

Answer 2

• “one who serves”
• loyal warriors who protected their daimyo
• lived according to bushido

Question 3

Shogunate

Answer 3

• decentralized government with shogun at the top

- style of government that ruled Japan

Question 4

Bushido

Answer 4

• demanding code of behavior for samurai sword
• unwritten code
• emphasized honor, bravery, loyalty, fairness, generosity to weak, respect for gods
• suicide was acceptable
• die an honorable death

Question 5

Job of the emperor

Answer 5

• “puppet”
• figurehead
• very little power

Question 6

Feudal society order

Answer 6

• emperor
• shogun
• daimyo
• samurai
• merchants, peasants, farmers, craft workers

Question 7

Parts of a samurai’s equipment

Answer 7

• helmets made from iron plates
• iron mask to protect face and scare enemy
• samurai swords made by artisans, curvature
• individual iron plates for protection and movement in combat

Question 8

Tokugawa shogunate

Answer 8

• held peace and stability for nearly 300 years
• restored centralized government
• feudalism declined
• ieyasu founded Tokugawa shogunate

Question 9

Cultural advancements in Tokugawa shogunate

Answer 9

• haikus

- townspeople attended kabuki theater

Question 10

Society in Tokugawa shogunate

Answer 10

• structured
• Confucian values
• farmers bore main tax burden, faced many difficulties
• 1700s - shift from rural to urban society
• increased amount of employment opportunities for women

Question 11

Economic prosperity in Tokugawa shogunate

Answer 11

• women found jobs
• new seeds, tools, and techniques = farmers grow more food
• population grew
• peasants weighed down by heavy taxes
• merchants/wealthy prospered

Question 12

Contact between Japan and Europe

Answer 12

• Europeans came in during the Warring States period (1700s)
• Portuguese send ships, merchants, and tech
• muskets (samurais lost their lives to them)
• cannons - daimyos built castles to withstand cannons
• Christian missionaries, later eliminated

Question 13

The closed county policy

Answer 13

• most commercial contact with Europeans ended
• Nagasaki stayed open to foreign traders
• for over 200 years, Japan remained isolated
• Japanese were forbidden to leave

Question 14

Shogun

Answer 14

• “supreme general of the emperor’s army”

- powers of a military dictator