what

Question 1

sakamoto ryoma

Answer 1

low ranking samurai who became an opponent of the Tokugawa Shogunate

Question 2

li naosuke

Answer 2

samurai who entered into politics and became honorary chief councilor

Question 3

Oda Nobunaga

Answer 3

son of a small landlord, and rose through the ranks to rule

Question 4

saigo takamori

Answer 4

samurai official of the Meiji and strongly advocated that Japan take Korea as a buffer zone

Question 5

toyetomi Hideyoshi

Answer 5

peasant who rose through the ranks to command, nut could never qualify as shogun

Question 6

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Answer 6

Toyetomi’s aide who assumes his place as ruler

Question 7

fukazawa Ukichi (and historical significance

Answer 7

Japanese author and journalist who wrote the first widely read text about the US, called conditions of the west.
-he is significant because he was a powerful advocate for cultural revolution

Question 8

zheng He

Answer 8

eunuch admiral and childhood best friend of the yongle emperor

Question 9

Lin Zexu

Answer 9

chinese official; sent by the emperor to Canton as an imperial commissioner

Question 10

empress dowager cixi

Answer 10

chinese noblewoman and concubine who became regent when her young son became emperor

Question 11

yagamata aritomo

Answer 11

military leader who is known as the “father of Japan’s army”