Ch 12 pt 4

Question 1

Ed.o

Answer 1

Ancient name for Tokyo

Question 2

Kyoto

Answer 2

controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries

Question 3

Osaka

Answer 3

Japan

Question 4

Nagasaki

Answer 4

Japanese city in which the second atomic bomb was dropped (August 9, 1945)

Question 5

Murasaki

Answer 5

The Tale of Genji

Question 6

shikibu

Answer 6

Japanese writer/novelist

Question 7

toyotomi shikibu

Answer 7

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Question 8

toyotomi hideyoshi

Answer 8

general under Nobunaga; leading military power in central Japan; broke power of the diamyos; became military master in 1590

Question 9

tokugawa leyasu

Answer 9

One of the three great unifiers that was the successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He claimed the title of shogun in 1603, initiating the most powerful and long-lasting of all Japanese shogunates.

Question 10

aristocrat

Answer 10

A member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society

Question 11

samurai

Answer 11

a member of the Japanese warrior class

Question 12

typhoon

Answer 12

A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans

Question 13

Daimyo

Answer 13

A Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai

Question 14

shogun

Answer 14

A general who ruled Japan in the emperor’s name

Question 15

Tokugawa dynasty

Answer 15

The medieval period in Japan was ended by this dynasty who centralized power and unified Japan

Question 16

policy of isolation

Answer 16

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