Reforms
The era that proceeded the Tokugawa Shogunate
What is the Meiji Era?
The Meiji Constitution's formal name
What is the Diet?
The materials peasants paid taxes with before the Meiji era
What is Grain?
ONE nation the Meiji government looked to for industrial knowledge
What is Great Britain OR the United States?
The country that first contacted Japan in 200 years, ending the Tokugawa Shogunate's isolation policy
What is the United States
Japan's land-bound agricultural laborers
What are serfs? (Genin)
Meiji Japan's type of government
What is a constitutional monarchy?
ONE reason for economic turmoil before the Meiji Restoration
What are declining agricultural productivity, harsh taxation, or famines?
The primary country the Meiji government looked to for constitutional inspiration
What is Germany? (Prussia)
The nationality of the commodore who demanded the Shogun open Japan to diplomatic and commercial relations
What is American?
The two groups faced significant hardships following the Meiji Restoration
Who are the Samurai and the Daimyo?
Japan's current form of government
What is a constitutional monarchy?
The percent of crop yields peasants paid as taxes
What is 40-50%?
ONE western idea Japan implemented
What is modern transportation, communication, or educational infrastructure
The nations that visited Japan seeking foreign relations
Who are the United States, Great Britain, and the French?
The way Japan rapidly modernized
What is by controlling reforms from the top.
The main powers the Executive Branch had (The Emperor)
What is commanding the armed forces, naming the prime minister, and appointing the cabinet?
The group of people that most economic power was concentrated
Who are the Zaibatsu?
ONE of the two most prominent Meiji-era travelers
Who was Fukuzawa Yukichi OR Ito Hirobumi?
The second country that signed a treaty with Japan
What is Russia?
The year that the Meiji Restoration occurred
When was 1868?
The year that the Meiji Constitution was promulgated (put into effect)
When was 1889?
The year the Meiji government converted the grain tax into a fixed-money tax
When was 1873?
The year Matthew C. Perry arrived in Japan
When was 1853?
The year that Fukuzawa arrived in the United States
When was 1860?