Leaving Isolation
This person is one of the people responsible for Japan leaving isolation.
Who is Commodore Matthew Perry
What major social reform occurred in Japan during the Meiji period?
What is the abolition of the caste (ranking) system
What type of government was established during the Meiji period?
What is a constitutional monarchy?
What was one major industry that developed in Japan during the Meiji period?
What is the Clothing industry?
Who were the samurai, and what was their stance on leaving isolation?
What are they traditional warriors who were often opposed to modernization?
The year Japan left isolation
What is 1853
How did education change in Japan during the Meiji period?
What is the establishment of a public education system?
Who was the Emperor of Japan during the Meiji period?
Who was Emperor Mutsuhito Meiji
This type of legislature, introduced in Japan's 1889 Meiji Constitution, consists of two separate houses—the House of Representatives and the House of Peers.
What is a bicameral legislature?
How did some Japanese citizens feel about Western influence during the Meiji period?
What is they felt it threatened Japanese culture and traditions?
This was signed to create the trade deal between Japan and the USA
What is the Treaty of Kanagawa
Name one Western influence on Japanese culture during the Meiji period.
What is the adoption western style clothing?
What was the name of the political group that pushed for reforms during this time?
What is the Iwakura Mission?
How did Japan's economy change after leaving isolation?
What is it shifted from agrarian to industrial?
This 1868 declaration promised to establish deliberative assemblies, promote unity, and seek knowledge from around the world, marking Japan’s path toward modernization.
What is the Charter Oath?
This is a reason that Japan decided to leave isolation
What is to strengthen their military power
What role did women begin to play in society during the Meiji period
What is women started to seek education and employment?
How did Japan's military change during the Meiji period?
What is it became a modern, conscripted army?
How did Japan's economic policies during the Meiji period affect its global standing?
What is it allowed Japan to compete with Western nations economically?
What was the primary goal of the anti-reform factions in Japan during the Meiji period?
What is to preserve traditional Japanese culture and societal structures?
Describe how leaving isolation impacted Japan's relationship with Western nations
What is it allowed Japan to modernize and become a global power
How did urbanization during the Meiji period affect family structures?
What is families became smaller and more nuclear?
Established under the 1889 Meiji Constitution, this national assembly was Japan’s first modern legislature, made up of two houses: the House of Peers and the House of Representatives.
What is the Imperial Diet?
What role did zaibatsu play in Japan’s economic development?
What are they large business conglomerates that helped drive industrial growth?
Describe how opposition to modernization affected Japan's political landscape.
What is it led to internal conflicts and the eventual fall of the shogunate?