Japanese Society and Geography
This Japanese policy describes adapting only specific foreign ideas to fit its own culture.
What is selective borrowing?
The warrior class of Japan.
What are samurai?
The process of developing industries and manufacturing on a large scale.
What is industrialization?
Buddhism and Chinese influence in Japan was pursued by this prince.
Who is Prince Shotoku?
This military leader had more real power than the emperor in Japan, however did not have the official head of state title.
What is the shogun?
The movement of people from rural areas to cities, often as a result of industrialization.
What is urbanization?
Japan is composed of these types of islands, scattered into four main land forms.
What is an archipelago?
Japanese feudal lords, they controlled large estates.
What is a daimyo?
This type of organization aims to protect worker's rights and advocate for better wages and working conditions.
What are labor unions?
The mountainous terrain of Japan influenced this type of farming.
What is terrace farming?
Who were the Mongols?
This man is known as the father of the modern steam engine.
Who is James Watt?
This 250 year period of relative peace and isolationism in Japan was founded under this shogunate.
Who is Tokugawa?
This is the code of the samurai. They are a set of values that emphasize loyalty, honor and bravery.
What is Bushido Code?
This inventor revolutionized agriculture with the invention of the cotton gin. There is a museum in his honor located right down the street from delicious pizza in New Haven, CT.
Who is Eli Whitney?