Physical Characteristics
These natural barriers made communication and travel difficult
What are Mountains?
Due to their location on water, navigation and this skill because popular.
What is boat building?
This man had ran the military and the government.
Who is the Shogun?
Tokugawa made this place the capital, now Tokyo
What is Edo?
Commodore Matthew Perry and his "black ships" were from this country's Navy.
USA
Frequent occurrences of these made living on the coast difficult.
What are natural hazards like tsunamis and tropical storms?
Due to isolation, leaders of these family based groups became powerful.
What are clans?
These lower class farmers were respected for making food
Who are peasant?
The name of the policy of cutting Japan off from outsiders
What isolationism?
In 1868, Edo changed its name to this and the emperor moved there.
Tokyo
This crop was important to life in Japan.
What is rice?
Due to its lack of farm land, much of the food was gained by this activity.
What is fishing?
These were the warriors
Who are samurai?
This system required Daimyo to travel to Edo on alternating years
What is the Alternat Attendance system?
Name something Japan started build as it adopted Western ideas and technologies
factories, railroads, steamships, school
Many people lived here for safety and the ability to farm.
What are fertile valleys?
Due to the isolation of communities, this leader lost most of his power.
Who is the emperor?
These lower class people made things like weapons
Who are artisans?
Isolation was meant to avoid foreign influences like this religion
What is Christianity?
This was named the official religion of Japan
Shinto
Term for a chain of islands
What is an archipelago?
Lack of land led rival clans to do this.
What is fight/have conflict/war?
These were the local landowners
Who are daimyo?
Who were held hostage in Edo?
Daimyo's families
"Sonno joi" means: revere (this person) and expel the foreigners.
the emperor