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U2L1 Social
Japan
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Japan’s worldview of a society | Japan viewed itself as the most important country in the world |
| What does the timeline show about recent eras in Japanese history | It tells me that Japan is fairly stable in politically and developmentally, as it has only had 4 different eras since the 1500’s |
| What was happening in Europe during 1600 - 1900 | In Europe, the renaissance started in the late 1300’s in Italy and spread to the rest of Europe by the late 1500’s |
| What does isolate mean? | To seclude; to follow a policy having no relationships with other nations |
| What does adaptation mean? | The changing of attitudes and behaviours to suit a new situation. |
| What does modernize mean? | To adopt new ideas and technologies that are considered to be of the present time or times not long past |
| When was Japan’s Edo period? | 1603-1868 |
| Where is Japan located? | Off the Eastern Pacific Coast of Asia |
| How many main islands make up Japan? | 4 main islands: Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku, and Kyushu |
| What countries are closest to Japan? | South Korea, China, and Russia |
| Why is farming in Japan only done in the valleys and along the coastlines? | Because there are so many mountains in Japan |
| Who were the three shogun that were credited for unifying Japan in the late 1500's? | Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu |
| What is a shogun? | A leader of the military government. |
| What were Nobunaga Oda's major achievements? | -Reduced the influence of Buddhist control over Japanese politics -Introduced new administrative practices to pave the way towards unifying Japan |
| What were Hideyoshi Toyotomi's major achievements? | -Continued centralized government -Changed the tax on land from money to rice -Created a standing army |
| What were Ieyasu Tokugawa's major achievements? | -Established his government base in Edo -Finalized the unification of Japan |
| What did Ieyasu Tokugawa do to protect Japan's safety and sovereignty? | He decided to only allow foreign ships to land at one port: the island of Deshima in Nagasaki |
| How many Japanese people were converted to Christianity after Francis Xavier came to Japan? | 150,000 |
| Bakufu | The centralized military government, headed by the shogun |
| Edict | legal order, a command to the public by an authority |
| Why did Japan go into isolation? | The Bakufu became concerned that Christians would follow their spiritual leaders rather than viewing the shogun as their ultimate authority. |
| The National Seclusion Policy | A social and political policy that developed over 6 years from 1633 - 1639. It set out controls on the interaction between Japanese and foreigners. |
| Confucianism | A system of beliefs that focused on morals, education, and a strict order in the government and society. |
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