Unit Review-Japan

Question 1

Isolation

Answer 1

When a person or group is set apart or cut off by geographic, ecologic, or social barriers.

Question 2

Expansionism

Answer 2

The actions and attitudes of a state or country whose goal is to expand its power and territory.

Question 3

Imperialism

Answer 3

The extension of power over a territory, including its resources and people.

Question 4

Democracy

Answer 4

A form of government in which people elect representatives to rule the country

Question 5

Hierarchy

Answer 5

A social system in which status I’d ranked, and power is concentrated in the higher ranks.

Question 6

Homogeneous Society

Answer 6

A society of people similar in nature and character

Question 7

Shogun

Answer 7

Japanese military ruler in Edo Japan.

Question 8

Daimyo

Answer 8

A powerful Japanese land owner or noble.

Question 9

Samurai

Answer 9

Professional, paid members of the Japanese military.

Question 10

Artisan

Answer 10

A skilled craftsmen

Question 11

What were Ainu people in Japan forced to do for many years?

Answer 11

Assimilate into Japanese culture.

Question 12

Who was Ranald MacDanald?

Answer 12

He dreamed of being a teacher and interpreter; was set adrift of the coast of Japan.

Question 13

Who was Tokugawa Iemitsu?

Answer 13

Shogun of Edo Japan; responsible of creating the Exclusion Laws.

Question 14

Who was William Adams?

Answer 14

Was the first Englishman to arrive in Japan.

Question 15

Who was Commodore Perry?

Answer 15

First American to arrive in Japan; first thought that the Japanese were uncivilized.

Question 16

Who was Nakahama Manjiro?

Answer 16

The first Japanese citizen to set foot in the United States.

Question 17

What foreigners were allowed into Japan in the early 1500s?

Answer 17

The Portuguese were allowed in because of trade, fashion, and firearms?

Question 18

What were the Exclusion Laws?

Answer 18

Nobody was allowed in
If somebody left, they couldn’t come back.
Ship that could make long voyages were no longer built
All missionaries and foreign traders had to leave.
Most foreign objects were forbidden

Question 19

What was the main reason the shogun was worried about foreign influence?

Answer 19

He was worried about a threat to military control.

Question 20

How did the shogunate discourage internal threats such as piracy and theft?

Answer 20

Harsh punishment and social controls

Question 21

What was the result of Commodore Perry’s ships coming to Japan?

Answer 21

It forced Japan to open its doors to the outside world.

Question 22

What was the Treaty of Kanagawa?

Answer 22

It established an American consulate in Japan.

Question 23

What was the most important element in the new Meiji government?

Answer 23

Loyalty to the Emperor