Tokugawa Japan & Meiji Restoration

When did the Meiji Restoration begin?

• 1968

• 1868

• 1888

• 1768

Definition Match: Shogun

• A warlord which governed an area of land on behalf of the emperor

• Dominant warlord who held political and martial power in Japan

• The military government of Japan

• A government based on a strict social hierarchy and land for service

Definition Match: Feudalism

• A warlord which governed an area of land on behalf of the emperor

• Dominant warlord who held political and martial power in Japan

• The military government of Japan

• A government based on a strict social hierarchy and land for service

Which foreigners were able to trade with Japan?

• Portuguese

• Spanish

• English

• Dutch

Wealthy land owner, also the head of a clan group

• Bakufu

• Samurai

• Shogun

• Daimyo

What does the word "rangaku" mean?

_____ _______

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Who was Commodore Matthew C. Perry?

• US Navy, there to deliver a letter from the US president

• US Army, there to deliver a telegram

• English officer, there to build trade connections

• English Navy, to deliver a letter from the Prime Minister

The Edo Period went from...

• 1432 - 1806

• 1603 - 1867

• 1578 - 1908

• 1720 - 1890

Which man completed the unification of Japan and set up a shogunate in Japan to maintain that control?

• Toyotomi Hideyoshi

• Ito Hirohito

• Oda Nobunaga

• Tokugawa Ieyasu

What replaced the traditional domains (daimyo) after the Meiji restoration?

• Nothing, it remained the same

• States, run by samurai

• Prefectures, with daimyo remaining 'governor'