Japan

What is daimyo?

• approximately 250 domains into which Japan was divided under the Tokugawa

• great names; heads of noble families in Japan who controlled vast land estate and relied on samurai for protection

• Japan's outcast class, whose way of life was strictly regulated by Tokugawa or the rulers

What is eta?

• approximately 250 domains into which Japan was divided under the Tokugawa

• great names; heads of noble families in Japan who controlled vast land estate and relied on samurai for protection

• Japan's outcast class, whose way of life was strictly regulated by Tokugawa or the rulers

What is hans?

• approximately 250 domains into which Japan was divided under the Tokugawa

• great names; heads of noble families in Japan who controlled vast land estate and relied on samurai for protection

• Japan's outcast class, whose way of life was strictly regulated by Tokugawa or the rulers

Tokugawa Ieyasu took control of Japan after Hideyoshi's death.

• True

• False

Tokugawa rule brought a period of peace known as the "Great Peace".

• True

• False

In sixteenth century, thousands of Japanese had become Christians.

• True

• False

Hideyoshi prohibited Christian activities within his lands in 1587 after the Jesuits destroyed local shrines.

• True

• False

The four main classes of Japan's society was; warriors, peasants, artisans and merchants.

• True

• False

The emperor and imperial court families were at the top of the political and social structure.

• True

• False

What society class was next to emperor and imperial court?

• merchants

• artisans

• peasants or farmers

• warriors