The end of the Japanese Shogunate period

Japan's relationship with the outside world became strained during the Tokugawa shogunate because...

• The Shogun wanted to keep the weapons being traded for himself.

• The Shogun feared the influence of the West would corrupt Japan.

• The Shogun was worried the Daimyo would want to move to another country to live.

• The weapons being traded were making the Samurai too powerful.

Before entry to Japanese ports was permitted, armed merchant ships needed to have...

• Proof that they were not trading weapons

• A letter from the Shogun giving them permission to trade

• 10 Samurai on board to keep the crew safe

• A red-sealed permit, to guarantee protection and to prove they were not pirates.

Tokugawa Ieyasu saw Christianity as a threat to the stability of the Shogunate because

• He did not want to convert to Christianity himself

• He did not like the Portuguese and Spanish missionaries

• Christianity asked for loyalty and obedience to a foreign power - the Pope

• The religion strictly limited mixing between different social classes

The policy of 'sakoku' or 'locked country' was an attempt by Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu to put a stop to...

• Western influences such as religion, philosophy and technology

• Access to foods of other Asian cultures

• News about the Pope and Christianity

• War which had raged out of control for many years

The black ships commanded by Commodore Matthew Perry were mistaken by the Japanese as...

• Submarines, seeking to invade Japan

• Pirate ships, coming to steal treasure

• Giant dragons, puffing smoke

• A curse, likely to spread disease

What did the Americans want from the treaty with Japan known as the Convention of Kanagawa?

• A safe place for ship-wrecked sailors

• Protection in the seas

• The opening of trade between America and Japan

• The ability to tax Japan

Who was overthrown in the Meiji Restoration

• The Emperor

• The Shogun

• The King

• The Samurai

The final Shogunate in Japan was the

• Kamakura Shogunate

• Ashikaga Shogunate

• Tokugawa Shogunate

• Minamoto Shogunate

on 8 July 1853, four black ships commanded by ? of the United States Navy anchored at Edo Bay

• Commodore Matthew Perry

• Commodore David Schwimmer

• Commodore Tokugawa Iemitsu

• Commodore Matthew LeBlanc

In 1867 Shogun Tokugawa Yoshonobu handed back power to Emperor...

• Meiji

• Ieyasu

• Tokugawa

• Minamoto