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Tokugawa Japan

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The process of Japanese unification began in the late ____ century

a)

14th

b)

15th

c)

16th

d)

17th

2.

How many political figures did it take to complete the unification of Japan?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

5

d)

3

3.

Which person was responsible for capturing Kyoto and gaining control in central Japan?

a)

Hideki Matsui

b)

Oda Nobunaga

c)

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

d)

Tokugawa Ieyasu

4.

Which man started life as a peasant, moved up to a military leader, and used that power to gain control over a majority of Japan?

a)

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

b)

Odu Nobunaga

c)

Taka Wantanabe

d)

Tokugawa Ieyasu

5.

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

a)

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

b)

Ito Hirohito

c)

Oda Nobunaga

d)

Tokugawa Ieyasu

6.

After Christian converts in China began destroying local shrines, the Japanese government forbade all Christian activities on Japanese lands

a)

False

b)

True

7.

Which European country was the first allowed to trade with Tokugawa Japan?

a)

the Netherlands

b)

Portugal

c)

Great Britain

d)

United States

8.

Tokugawa rule brought about a long period in Japan's history known as the "Great Peace."

a)

False

b)

True

9.

Heads of noble families that also ruled hans

a)

Lords

b)

Edo

c)

Daimyo

d)

Ronin

10.

After the Emperor and imperial court, the order of social classes in Tokugawa Japan was:

a)

warrior, peasant, artisans, merchants

b)

peasant, warrior, peasant, merchants

c)

ronin, warrior, merchants, artisans

d)

warrior, merchant, peasant, eta

11.

During Tokugawa rule, the rights of women in Japan were increased.

a)

False

b)

True

12.

Hans are. . .

a)

fighters for hire during the Tokugawa shogunate

b)

granted only to those who are related directly to the emperor

c)

inherited by the oldest son only

d)

domains of land in Japan during the time of Tokugawa

13.

Kabuki theaters could be found primarily in the urban areas of Japan.

a)

False

b)

True

14.

Ihara Kaikaku was a. . .

a)

popular poet

b)

popular artist

c)

popular author

d)

popular Kabuki performer

15.

Who was responsible for running Japan and distributing the rice crop?

a)

Emperor

b)

Samurai

c)

Shogun

d)

Daimyo

16.

How did the growth of a banking industry and merchant class in urban Japan impact the Japanese peasants?

(majority of the population)

a)

the peasant population was able to find work in urban areas when farming became less profitable

b)

some profited from cash crops, but most experienced poverty that led to revolts

c)

even before Tokugawa rule, peasants were in a constant state of revolt again the daimyo

d)

many were able to benefit because of the high demand for cash crops, and revolts were fairly rare.