Japan Timeline - GL

Open Ended

Imagine you live in a house where no one is allowed to leave or enter for 200 years. Suddenly, a neighbor shows up with a tool or technology you have never seen before and demands you open your door. Do you open it? What are you afraid might happen if you do?

Multiple Choice

What was the main purpose of the bushido code in Feudal Japan?

• To promote trade with foreign nations

• To emphasize honor, discipline, and loyalty

• To encourage technological innovation

• To support the emperor's absolute rule

Multiple Choice

Which group held the most real political power in Feudal Japan, according to the social hierarchy described?

• Emperor

• Shogun

• Daimyo

• Samurai

Open Ended

How did the Tokugawa Shogunate maintain internal peace and economic growth in Japan during its rule?

Multiple Select

Which of the following were key features of the Sakoku policy implemented by the Tokugawa Shogunate?

• Encouraged international trade

• Suppressed Christianity

• Allowed Japanese citizens to travel abroad

• Maintained domestic stability

Open Ended

Compare the effects of the Industrial Revolution in Europe and the United States with the effects of Western imperialism on Asia, as described in the images.

Multiple Choice

What was the primary reason Commodore Perry sailed into Edo Bay in 1853?

• To establish diplomatic relations

• To demand Japan end its policy of isolation

• To explore Japanese culture

• To protect American merchants

Multiple Choice

How did the Treaty of Kanagawa affect Japan's relationship with Western powers?

• It gave Japan equal trading rights

• It forced Japan to open ports and grant special concessions to the US

• It allowed Japan to maintain its isolationist policy

• It provided Japan with military protection from the US

Open Ended

Describe how the Meiji Restoration contributed to Japan's modernization and global power status.

Open Ended

Identify one way the Meiji Restoration changed Japanese society and explain why the government thought this change was necessary to avoid the fate of China.

Open Ended

How did the Meiji Restoration and Western "unequal treaties" impact Japan's transition from a feudal, isolated society to an industrialized global power?

Open Ended

What are you afraid might happen if you open the door to a neighbor with unfamiliar technology after 200 years of isolation?