Meiji Restoration - Political change

Beginning in 1868, the Meiji government completely overhauled the political system of Edo by abolishing the domain system and elevating the Emperor to the centre of a national government.

• True

• False

The system of military government that operated in Japan from 1192 to 1868. Its powers grew under the Tokugawa Shogunate to extend to all matters of feudal life.

• daimyo

• Bakufu

• Shogun

• tent government

Under the The Tokugawa Shogunate, regional power was vested in the local warlords known as ______.

• daimyo

• Bakufu

• Shogun

• tent government

Fiercely loyal to their warlord, _______ were entrusted with enforcing the ______'s laws.

• daimyos

• genro

• samurai

• Shogun

Under the The Tokugawa Shogunate, the shogun and his direct followers controlled 1/4 of the land, while the remainder was divided into about 250 domains, each ruled by a _______.

• daimyo

• Bakufu

• genro

• samurai

 After returning all Daimyo’s lands to the Imperial House, Meiji abolished the feudal Han system, replacing it with a modern prefectural administrative subdivision. This act created a rift.

• True

• False

The Meiji political revolution "restored" the emperor to power, but he did not rule directly.

• True

• False

Select any of the moving out sentences below which effectively explain and analyse this statement:

The 1889 constitution was "given" to the people by the emperor, and only he (or his advisers) could change it. A parliament was elected beginning in 1890, but only the wealthiest one percent of the population could vote in elections. In 1925 this was changed to allow all men (but not yet women) to vote.

• This evidence suggets that the Meiji government was democratic from the very beginning.

• This evidence suggets that there was significant change to the political structure in Japan during the Meiji period.

• This evidence suggets that the Meiji government developed more democratic processes over time.

• This evidence suggets that Japan was cautious implementing Western political models.

The ____________, also known as the Edo shogunate, was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.

• Tokugawa Shogunate

• The Meiji Restoration

The Meiji Restoration of 1868 came to be identified with the subsequent era of major political, economic, and social ________—the Meiji period (1868–1912)—that brought about the ___________ and Westernization of the country.

• change

• upheval

• modernization

• industrialisation