What is the term to describe the way of the warrior; the rules that prescribed the correct behaviour for all samurai
Bushido
100
Who was the real leader of Japan?
The Shogun, the Emperor was just a figurehead.
100
Which religion was the indigenous (original) faith in Japan that involves rituals and a faith in spirits existing in the natural world.
Shintoism
100
Who came from American to "open" Japan to negotiations of trade in 1853?
Commodore Matthew Perry
200
True or False: Japan has a history of volcanoes and earthquakes which still occur today?
True
200
What term describes the system during the Tokugawa Shogunate of a loyalty-based class hierarchy (also similar to the one in medieval Europe)
Feudal System
200
Which social class were known a warriors who followed the Bushido code?
Samuraii
200
What religious group was banned from Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate, with punishment by death if caught practising?
Christianity
200
How long did Japan's isolation policy, also knows as sakoku last?
Japan's policy of sakoku (isolation) lasted for 200 years.
300
What was the capital of Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate?
Edo
300
Who were the warriors of Japan from about the eleventh century until 1876
Samurai
300
Which social class is missing from this list?
Emperor
Shogun
-------?
Samurai/Ronin
Peasants/artisans
Merchants
Daimyo
300
Which religion believed in reincarnation?
Buddhism
300
What was the Closed Door Policy?
A policy where Japan had forced all foreigners to leave and barred almost all relations with the outside world.
400
How did Japan's geography effect what the Japanese could farm and eat?
Japan is very mountainous and made farming difficult, thus most of the farming was rice and the rest of the Japanese diet was from the sea (seaweed, fish, etc.)
400
What was a Mon?
Similar to a crest or shield in Europe, a Mon was a simple family crest in Japan
400
Why were merchants considered lower class than peasants?
Peasants actually produced something and contributed to the running of Japan. Merchants only sold stuff.
400
Which religion was introduced from China and who's principles of humanity, loyalty, morality and consideration impacted the social and political beliefs in Japan?
Confucianism
400
What is the significance of the Treaty of Kanagawa?
It was the treaty that the Americans forced the Japanese to sign (under threat) so that they could begin trade with Japan.