Meji
Change of Women
Social and Cultural Shifts
Cultural Transition
Japan Expansion
100

Young emperor Mutshito called his reign "Meji" or "............"

Enlightened Rule

100

Before the Meiji reforms, arranged marriages at what age?

16

100

In what year did a new imperial army formed?

1871

100

Western technology and ideas entered Japan after what year?

1850

100

what is the first foreign power to successfully expand trade with japan?

the United States

200

In recognition of real source of political power the capital was changed from where to where?

Kyoto to Edo/ Tokyo

200

After the Meiji restoration, workers labored up to how many hours a day

20 hours

200

Japan men served for how many years?

3 years

200

Japanese authors began imitating ......... literature by writing novels.

European

200

With the Isolationist policy, only ........ and .......... merchants are allowed at Japan's port at Nagasaki.

Dutch and Chinese
300

The territories that were once in control of diamyo were snatched and instead they became governors of the territories. These territories are.....

Prefectures
300

After the Meji Restoration, ...... were allowed to seek education

WOMEN

300

In 1871, new ministry of education adopted which country model of school sections?

the American

300

Japanese invited engineers, architects, and artists from where to teach their modern skills?

Europe and the US

300

The Russo-Japanese War is a war between which countries and when did it start?

Russia and Japan, 1904

400

The Meiji Constitution adopted in 1889 was modeled after which country?

Germany

400

What minimized individual rights and placed women within the context of their family role?

The Civil Code of 1898

400

The ...... reformers also transformed other institutions

Meiji

400
Architectural styles of Japanese buildings was inspired from where?

the West

400

What treaty provided for the return of shipwrecked American sailors, the opening of two Japanese ports to Western traders, and the establishment of a U.S. consulate in Japan?

Treaty of Kanagawa

500

What were the key industries of Japan by 1990s?

Tea, silk, weapons, ship building

500

Many commoners were .............. in the coal mines and textile mill.

exploited
500

The new ministry brought foreign specialists to teach, and it sent students to study .........?

abroad

500

Japanese artists stuck with the ...... art techniques.

older

500

What was made between the Americans and the Japanese in 1907 that essentially stopped Japanese immigration to the United States? Who made it?

Gentleman’s agreement; Theodore Roosevelt

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