Vocabulary 4
The centralized military government headed by the shogun
What is the Bakufu
A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution
What is an oligarchy
True or False:
The daimyo were not allowed to associate with each other because the Bakufu wanted to prevent them from putting their money and resources together and attempt to overpower the shogun
True
What factor most pushed Japan to end its isolation?
What is pressure to compete with the West and maintain independence
What was the role of the samurai during the Edo period?
What is they were warriors
The hereditary ruler in Japan
What is the emperor
A new model for Japan called the Unity of Rites and Rule. It outlined new changes in Japan’s worldview.
What is a Charter Oath
What is the name of the volcanic area Japan is part of?
What is the Ring of Fire
After Japan’s period of civil unrest, the emperor abolished this title and role.
True or False:
Commodore Perry’s treaty forced Japan to consider signing unequal treaties with Russia, Britain, and France
True
Kabuki and Banraku theatre were performed by this group in society
What is non humans
This foreign leader forced Japan to open its borders to the West
Who is Commodore Perry
Why did Tokugawa Ieyasu only allow one port for foreign ships?
What is prevent European colonization/influence
Because of this Japan opened ports to the Americans, and certain supplies would be available to them.
What is the Treaty of Kanagawa
Who became Japan’s leader during modernization?
Who is Emperor Meiji
This was the local government in each domain and was ruled by a daimyo
What is Han
What is the name of the Indigenous group in Japan who were assimilated like Canada’s First Nations?
What is Ainu people
How did geography help shape Japan’s worldview during the Edo period?
What is it contributed to isolation, limited external influence, and promoted cultural development within the islands
What was the “Don’t Think Twice” (ni-nen naku) policy?
What is a directive to expel foreign shipwrecked sailors without question
How did Japan show it was reshaping its worldview after isolation?
What is it began renegotiating unequal treaties and adopting Western practices
Geographically, Japan is known to be an example of this. It is a term for a group of islands
What is archipelago
The first U.S. ambassador to Japan who negotiated additional treaties after the Treaty of Kanagawa?
Who is Townsend Harris
What are “edicts” and how were they used?
What is strict laws used to control citizens and maintain order
What was the Iwakura Mission
What is a Japanese group that toured the West and concluded Japan needed to modernize to avoid colonization
What internal conflict in the mid-1880s contributed to the fall of the shogunate and rise of a new government?
What is civil unrest due to Western influence led to the formation of an oligarchy focused on modernization and industrialization.