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WorksheetsThe end of the Japanese Shogunate period
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Japan's relationship with the outside world became strained during the Tokugawa shogunate because...
The Shogun wanted to keep the weapons being traded for himself.
The Shogun feared the influence of the West would corrupt Japan.
The Shogun was worried the Daimyo would want to move to another country to live.
The weapons being traded were making the Samurai too powerful.
Before entry to Japanese ports was permitted, armed merchant ships needed to have...
Proof that they were not trading weapons
A letter from the Shogun giving them permission to trade
10 Samurai on board to keep the crew safe
A red-sealed permit, to guarantee protection and to prove they were not pirates.
Tokugawa Ieyasu saw Christianity as a threat to the stability of the Shogunate because
He did not want to convert to Christianity himself
He did not like the Portuguese and Spanish missionaries
Christianity asked for loyalty and obedience to a foreign power - the Pope
The religion strictly limited mixing between different social classes
The policy of 'sakoku' or 'locked country' was an attempt by Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu to put a stop to...
Western influences such as religion, philosophy and technology
Access to foods of other Asian cultures
News about the Pope and Christianity
War which had raged out of control for many years
The black ships commanded by Commodore Matthew Perry were mistaken by the Japanese as...
Submarines, seeking to invade Japan
Pirate ships, coming to steal treasure
Giant dragons, puffing smoke
A curse, likely to spread disease
What did the Americans want from the treaty with Japan known as the Convention of Kanagawa?
A safe place for ship-wrecked sailors
Protection in the seas
The opening of trade between America and Japan
The ability to tax Japan
Who was overthrown in the Meiji Restoration
The Emperor
The Shogun
The King
The Samurai
The final Shogunate in Japan was the
Kamakura Shogunate
Ashikaga Shogunate
Tokugawa Shogunate
Minamoto Shogunate
on 8 July 1853, four black ships commanded by ? of the United States Navy anchored at Edo Bay
Commodore Matthew Perry
Commodore David Schwimmer
Commodore Tokugawa Iemitsu
Commodore Matthew LeBlanc
In 1867 Shogun Tokugawa Yoshonobu handed back power to Emperor...
Meiji
Ieyasu
Tokugawa
Minamoto
How long did the isolation policy of Sakoku last?
200 years
100 years
300 years
150 years
One effect of industrialisation on Meiji Japan was that it
strengthened the power of the Shogunate
decreased the level of pollution
modernised transportation
increased the demand for coal
One reason for Japan's rapid industrialisation during the Meiji Restoration was that Japan had
rejected Western ideas
used its access to the sea for fishing
relied on traditional isolationist policies
reformed its political and economic systems
Which action in Japanese history occurred during the Meiji Restoration?
Japan modernised its economy
The Japanese government adopted an isolationist policy
Mongols invaded the islands of Japan
Buddhism became the official religion of Japan
A new constitution was written under the guidance of
Prince Ito Minamoto
Prince Ito Nobunaga
Prince Ito Iemitsu
Prince Ito Hirubumi
