That is So Yesterday!
Japan created this linking all major Japanese cities.
What is a telegraph line?
He lead the last rebellion of the samurai against the emperor's forces in the Satsuma Rebellion.
Who is Takamori Saigo?
Japan defeated this country in the Sino-Japanese War in 1894-95.
Who is China?
This huge event took place in the 1700s.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
To help them advance quicker than the West, Japan did this.
What is hired experts?
Japan's motto at the time they first started modernizing was this saying.
What is "Wealthy country, strong army."?
10,000 samurai battled hand-to-hand with the national army, both side losing this many soldiers.
What is 4,000?
Japan broke through as an international power with their victory over Russia in this place in the Russo-Japanese War.
Where is Manchuria?
It took this may years for change to grab hold in North America, but only this long in Japan.
How long is 100 years and 50 years?
Japan did this once Japanese workers were well trained.
What is kick the experts out of the country?
Leaders made significant efforts to do this because of national security risks.
What is modernize the military?
This is why the Japanese army was able to quickly replace their casualties and the samurai were not.
What is conscription?
Japan allied with this country during WWI so they could seize this.
What are Britain and German held territory in the Pacific?
Before this change goods were mostly this and made here.
What are hand-made and peoples homes and small workshops?
This is why they wanted to take over change for themselves.
What is they wanted to be in charge of the process?
4 of the 7 areas Japan began construction in to bring the economy into the modern era.
What are railroads, ship yards, munitions factories, mines, textile factories, experimental agriculture stations, and other factories?
This is how many samurai escaped after the national army caught up with them and most of them decided to do this.
What is 500 and surrendered?
Japanese competition made great inroads into these three European dominated markets.
What are China, India and Indonesia?
After the change these were introduced that could produce the same products this way.
What are machines, and more quickly and efficiently?
This problem presented itself in the face of the change to Western ideas.
What is, powerful and traditional Japanese thought it was betraying Japanese way of life?
2 of 3 things the govt did to deal with national security.
What are establish a small standing army, a large reserve system, and compulsory militia service?
The rebellion finally ended on this date when this tragic event happened.
When is Sept 24, 1877, and Saigo was beheaded?
To emerge from the feudal period, Japan had to do 2 of these 3 things.
What are control over foreign colonies or territories, military power to defend these territories, strong independent economy?
Most of the change that took place in Japan was because the people wanted these things that the West had.
What are products and lifestyle?
This became the new motto meaning borrow the ideas from the West but make it our own.
What is Western Science, Japanese Essence?