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Fuedal/Imp. Japan

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Trade embargo A limit/restriction on trade. This is present in feudal Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Japanese feudalism An economic system that intertwined with a tiered social structure and centered around contracts between daimyos and samurai.
Social classes Groups which were included in a tiered structure based on power, with the emperor, shogun, and daimyos at the top of the structure, samurai in the middle, and craftspeople/artisans, farmers, peasants, and merchants in the bottom half of the structure.
Samurai A warrior class equivalent to knights in European feudalism. Just as European knights served lords, samurai served daimyo (landowners).
Daimyo Wealthy landowners in the Japanese feudal system whose land was managed and safekept by samurai.
Shogun A military leader who held Japan’s political power and was chosen by the emperor.
Emperor The religious or ritual-oriented leader of Japan who held no political power except for their privilege to choose the shogun
Bushido The code of conduct a samurai was required to follow.
Seppuku Ritual suicide that was performed by a samurai or daimyo, either willingly or when they were ordered to, as punishment for a loss of morality.
Tokugawa Ieyasu The founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Tokugawa Shogunate A military government that lasted from 1600 to 1868 and was notable for the cutoff of trade and the attempt to preserve Japanese feudal culture.
Industrialization The development of manufacturing via factories.
Westernization of Japan Becoming more similar to a Western nation in areas such as military, communication, travel, clothing, and more.
Meiji Restoration The restoration of the emperor’s political power in 1868.
Second Sino-Japanese War Japan invades China from 1937 to 1945, resulting in the conquer of Northern China and the deaths of many, many Chinese civilians.
War in the Pacific A segment of WWII, lasting from 1941 to 1945, in which Japan fought the US, UK, and China.
World War II A world war lasting from 1937 to 1945 and consisting of the War in Europe and the War in the Pacific.
Manchuria/Manchukuo Dynasty Japan invades Manchuria in 1932 and creates a puppet government with the last emperor of the Qing dynasty, creating the Manchukuo Dynasty.
Philippines Campaign The US removes Japan from the Phillippines over 1944 and 1945.
Hideki Tojo The prime minister of Japan who was in charge during the War in the Pacific and the Sino-Japanese War and later convicted of war crimes due to his actions during these conflicts.
Isoroku Yamamoto The admiral who planned the Pearl Harbor attack and managed the desicions and actions of Japan during the War in the Pacific.
Pearl Harbor On the 7th of Dec., 1941, Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor, leading the U.S. to take action during WWII.
Doolittle Raids The US bombs Tokyo in April of 1942 by launching from aircraft carriers, dropping their bombs, and then depositing and abandoning the planes with allies in China.
Battle of Midway A 1942 naval battle around Midway Island between Japan and the US. The US wins the battle and causes significant damage to the Japanese army.
Battle of Iwo Jima A component of the island hopping campaign that occurred in March 1945.
Battle of Okinawa A component of the island hopping campaign that occurred in April 1945.
Kamikaze Japanese pilots who flew bombs into US aircraft carriers and other ships. The strategy was not regarded as very effective at slowing down the U.S.
Axis Powers Three military powers, Germany, Italy, and Japan, that were involved in WWII.
Tripartite Pact A 1940 treaty that involved the Axis powers and was centered around the idea that if one of them were to be attacked, all would fight back.
Manhattan Project The name of the project to create atomic weaponry.
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki The bombing of Hiroshima (6 Aug. 1945) and Nagasaki (9 Aug. 1945) using atomic weaponry due to the cities’ importance to Japanese war efforts.
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