Japan in the 16th & 17th centuries

Wealthy & powerful territorial lords, & had near-absolute power within their domain. (There were about 260 of these)

• Bakufu

• Samurai

• Shogun

• Daimyo

In Japan, during the Tokugawa Shogunate, the _________ was a hereditary ruler with little real power.

• Samurai

• Daimyo

• Shogun

• Emperor

During the 1500's & 1600's period, which position below held the most power on the social hierarchy?

• Shogun

• Daimyo

• Emperor

• Samurai

Tokugawa Ieyasu used the "alternate attendance policy" to control the

• peasants
• daimyo
• foreign traders
• merchants

One of the results of the Tokugawa period was

• a resurgence in daimyo authority
• a greater political role for the samurai
• tripling of the Japanese population between 1600 and 1850
• a reduction in status for the samurai and daimyo

Which of these nations were allowed to trade with Japan in the 1600's-1800's

• All European nations were allowed to trade with japan in that period

• Portugal

• Netherlands

• No European nation was allowed to trade with japan in that period

• Spain

Preferred religion or belief system of the Tokugawa period.

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Animism

For the most part, the Japanese Tokugawa and China's Ming Dynasty were similar in that both

• practiced isolationism during most of their dynasty

• believed the warriors were the lowest class in society

• believed heavily in Shinto virtues

• had amazing navigators that traveled the Indian Ocean

• primarily used democratic principals to rule their nations

A similarity in Tudor England, Tokugawa Japan, Louis XIV's France and Ming China is that all practiced

• limited rule by divine kings

• democratic systems of government

• Shinto, Buddhism, and Christianity

• absolutism in ruling their people

What became of the Christian community in Japan under the Tokugawa leaders?

• Christians were restricted to a few carefully controlled missions.

• Christians were brutally persecuted and driven into secrecy.

• Japanese Christians were allowed to continue to worship, but lost support from European missionaries.

• None of the answers are correct