Vocabulary
What is the Bakafu
The military government run by the shogun during the Edo Period.
How did isolation during the Edo period lead to changes in Japan?
peace and security, A booming economy
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What did the Japanese use as currency in the past?
Rice
Who was the Emperor considered a descendant of?
Amaterasu
What does Assimilate mean?
To adopt the customs and culture of another group, often losing parts of your own.
who were exceptions to the exclusion law?
Dutch, Korean and Chinese traders
Who was at the top of the pyramid?
Emperor
What was the Ainu home island renamed?
Hokkaido
What is the belief system adopted from China that taught that everyone had a proper place in society?
Confucianism
Who are the Daimyo?
A wealthy landowner who served under the shogun and controlled large areas of land.
What was the national seclusion policy?
It was an isolation policy to control the influence of foreigners, tighten control of daimyo
What is it called to a masterless samurai?
Ronin
Who did the Japanese try to assimilate?
The Ainu
What were the two groups called that were not even considered human enough to put on the pyramid?
Hinin, Eta
A powerful military leader who ruled Japan during the Edo Period.
What is the most important aspect of Shinto and What are the sacred spirits called?
Nature, Kami
why are peasants/ farmers above merchants and craftsmen on the pyramid?
They provide the food for the nation
Who finalized the unification of Japan?
Tokugawa Leyasu
What is the Edo Period?
A time in Japanese history (1603–1868) when Japan was peaceful, isolated, and ruled by the shoguns.
What are the four main islands in Japan?
Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
why does Japan have a lot of natural disasters?
Japan is located in a volcanic zone called the ring of fire.
How does Sushi in Japan support that Japan was a self sufficient country?
They grew the rice themselves and lived on an Island so caught the fish in the Ocean
How did the Shogun and Bakufu limit the power of the Daimyo?
Through Alternate attendance and marriage had to be agreed upon by the Bakufu