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Japanese Frayer Word

JAPANESE FRAYER MODEL WORDS FOR SOCIAL STUDIES

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Japanese Feudalism In such a system, political power is diverted from a central monarch and control is divided up amongst wealthy landowners and warlords.
Tokugawa Shogunate A government that lasted from 1603 - 1868 that has shogun as the leaders.
Meiji Restoration In 1868 the Tokugawa shogun ("great general"), who ruled Japan in the feudal period, lost his power and the emperor was restored to the supreme position.
Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelago country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of 300,000 square kilometers,
Samurai a member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan, especially a member of the class of military retainers of the daimyos.
Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
Second Sino - Japanese war Second Sino-Japanese War, (1937–45), conflict that broke out when China began a full-scale resistance to the expansion of Japanese influence in its territory (which had begun in 1931).
Battle of Iwo Jima A battle in which the U.S. marines took control and captured Iwo Jima
Daimyo (in feudal Japan) one of the great lords who were vassals of the shogun.
Bakufu governments which ruled Japan from 1185 until 1868.
Axis Powers Coalition headed by Germany, Italy, and Japan that opposed the Allied Powers in World War II
Kamikaze (in World War II) a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target.
Shogun the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868.
Trade Embargo An embargo is a trade restriction, typically adopted by a government, a group of countries or an international organization as an economic sanction.
Tripartite Pact A pact between Italy, Germany, and Japan that agreed to deter the United states from combat.
Hideki Tojo The prime minister in japan that ordered Pearl Harbor
Emperor a sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire.
Natural Resources resources that didn't need to be changed to be used.
Pearl Harbor When Japan bombed a naval base in Hawaii
Doolittle Raids a U.S. air raid during World War II that targeted major cities in Japan.
Nara Period period in which the imperial government was at Nara, and Sinicization and Buddhism were most highly developed.
Westernization : conversion to or adoption of western traditions or techniques.
Isoruku Yamamoto Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (1884-1943)
Manhattan Project an unprecedented, top-secret World War II government program in which the United States rushed to develop and deploy the world's first atomic weapons before Nazi Germany.
Heian Period the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185.
Industrialization the process of transforming the economy of a nation or region from a focus on agriculture to a reliance on manufacturing.
War in the Pacific major theatre of World War II that covered a large portion of the Pacific Ocean, East Asia, and Southeast Asia,
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima the first instances of atomic bombs used against humans, killing tens of thousands of people, obliterating the cities, and contributing to the end of World War II.
Samurai Culture warriors of premodern Japan.
Manchukuo Dynasty a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in China and Inner Mongolia from 1932 until 1945.
Battle of Okinawa the last major battle of World War II — and the bloodiest of the Pacific campaign.
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki the first instances of atomic bombs used against humans, killing tens of thousands of people, obliterating the cities, and contributing to the end of World War II
Bushido the code of the samurai, stressing unquestioning loyalty and obedience and valuing honor above life.
Battle of Midway an important naval battle of World War II, between the United States and the Empire of Japan.
Manchuria a region of NE China, historically the home of the Manchus, rulers of China from 1644 to 1912:
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