Feudal Japan
The first shogun of the Tokugawa Bakufu, and a 'unifier' of Japan
Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu?
"Enlightened Rule"
What does is the translation of "Meiji"?
Who did Japan first go to war with in the Imperial Period?
Tokyo
What is the most populous city in Japan and the world?
Merchants in Feudal Japanese society
This position held little power, but was at the top of the class structure.
What is the Emperor?
America's ending of isolation, and the exposure of, in the eyes of the people, weakness within the Shogunate, lead to this.
What caused the Meiji Restoration, and the re-establishment of Imperial rule?
Korea
What was Japan's primary protectorate during its Imperial Period?
Japanese Yen
What is the Japanese currency unit?
Buddhism and Christianity
What were two major foreign religions introduced to Japan during this period?
What was the capital of Edo Period Japan?
What was the Boshin War?
The Axis powers
Who did Japan ally themselves with during WW2
The longest serving Prime-Minister of Japan
Who was Shinzo Abe?
Kublai Khan
Who was the Mongol Emperor during the Mongol invasions of Japan?
The system which was employed by the Tokugawa Shougnate to ensure Daimyos were loyal and hadn't the capability to arrest power from the Shogun, by forcing them to move, thus draining their resources and power simultaneously and as a consequence of
What is alternate attendance?
Western Civilization
What group of cultures, structures, and their characteristics, did Japan model themselves after during the Meiji Period?
Japan's WW1 Allies
What were the Allied powers to Japan?
Cultural superpower
King Seong
Who presided over the kingdom which officially introduced Buddhism to Japan?
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
What was the most famous piece of art from this era?
The families which controlled the means of production in Meiji Period Japan
What are Zaibatsu?
Theodore Roosevelt
Who was the American President who engineered the peace between the Russian and Japanese imperial regimes?
The Japanese economic crisis during the last decade of the 20th century, as a result of the burst of asset prices, particularly in the real-estate and stock markets
What was the Lost Decade?