Japan Returns to Isolation

When Japan closed their ports and refused to interact with other countries, this is known as

• Segregation

• Isolationism

• Militarism

What is an isolationist society?

• It is a society that does not get involved politically or economically with other places.

• It is a society that conducts aggressive foreign expansion through war, as well as diplomacy.

• It is a society that persecutes religious minorities within its boundaries.

• It is a society that aims to open up trade to the outside world and bring in foreign ideas and technologies.

What was the primary reason for Japan's return to isolation during the Edo period?

• To prevent foreign influence and maintain cultural integrity

• To expand its empire

• To increase trade with neighboring countries

• To form alliances with European powers

Which policy did Japan implement to enforce its isolation during the Edo period?

• Sakoku

• Meiji Restoration

• Taisho Democracy

• Heian Reforms

During Japan's isolation, which European country was allowed limited trade through the port of Nagasaki?

• Portugal

• Spain

• Netherlands

• France

What was the impact of Japan's isolation on its technological development?

• Rapid technological advancement

• Stagnation in technological progress

• Adoption of Western technologies

• Development of nuclear technology

Which Japanese leader is credited with initiating the policy of isolation?

• Tokugawa Ieyasu

• Emperor Meiji

• Oda Nobunaga

• Toyotomi Hideyoshi

How did Japan's isolation affect its social structure?

• Strengthened the samurai class

• Led to the decline of the samurai class

• Increased influence of merchants

• Created a new class of industrial workers

What was one cultural effect of Japan's isolation?

• Increased Western cultural influence

• Preservation of traditional Japanese arts

• Decline in traditional Japanese arts

• Adoption of Chinese cultural practices

Which event marked the end of Japan's isolation?

• The arrival of Commodore Perry

• The signing of the Treaty of Kanagawa

• The Meiji Restoration

• The Russo-Japanese War