End of Pax Tokugawa

Where was the Dutch trading post?

• Edo

• Tokyo

• Nagasaki

• Shikoku

Why did the shoguns allow Dutch foreigners to trade, but not Spanish or Portuguese?

• The Dutch didn't send missionaries to convert people to Christianity. They only sent merchants.

• The Dutch gave much better deals on goods than the Spanish or Portuguese.

• The Dutch had better weapons that Japan wanted to buy.

• The Dutch had invented doughnuts, which are delicious.

Who led the Americans to Japan?

• Commodore Perry

• Matthew Perry

• Perry Matthew

• Mike Wazowski

Which of the following did the Americans NOT get in their deal with the Japanese?

• an embassy

• two trading ports

• a marriage arrangement with the emperor

• coal trading rights

What was a downside of the closed-door policy during the Tokugawa era?

• lack of technological advancement

• lack of artistic development

• constant war

• famine

What happened to samurai during the Tokugawa period? (choose two)

• they became bureaucrats (government workers)

• some became ronin, and were little better than bandits

• they became kabuki actors

• they engaged in military invasions of Korea and China

What were two problems of the hierarchy during the Tokugawa era?

• merchants made money and were treated better than samurai, who were supposed to be above them

• samurai were supposed to be warriors, but there was no war going on, so they had to do other work

• because farmers couldn't move to other prefectures, they couldn't grow enough rice

• artisans wanted to become samurai, so there were not enough artisans like printers and shoemakers

What was the rebels' motto?

• Revere the emperor! Expel the barbarian!

• Revere the barbarian! Expel the emperor!

• Slaughter the Shogun! Elevate the Emperor!

• Slaughter the Emperor! Revere the Shogun!

In your opinion, would you have preferred to live in the peaceful Tokugawa period, or in the more warlike Sengoku period? Why?