Japan #2

Question 1

Which countries did Japan consider signing unequal treaties with?

Answer 1

USA, Russia, countries in Europe, China (Netherlands and France)

Question 2

What was the Charter Oath, and what was the main reason it was developed?

Answer 2

A new plan for how Japan would be governed, It was created to gain confidence in the government.

Question 3

What was the purpose of the Iwakura Mission and what countries did they visit?

Answer 3

The purpose was to find the best ideas around the world and bring them back to Japan.
They visited Great Britain, France, Belgium, and Germany.

Question 4

Who were the first people to bring western ideas to Japan?

Answer 4

The Dutch

Question 5

Which emperor began to modernize Japan?

Answer 5

Mojito

Question 6

Which country’s flag did countries use so that they could sail in Japanese waters?

Answer 6

Dutch Flag

Question 7

What did the Japanese force the Ainu people to do?

Answer 7

Sign treaties giving up the land they lived on and forcing them to live on “reserves”.

Question 8

What did “ni-nen naku” mean and who did it apply to?

Answer 8

It means, “without thinking twice”. It applied to all foreigners.

Question 9

Which trading company had the most influence on trade during the Meiji period?

Answer 9

Dutch East India Company.

Question 10

What were the first countries with trading relations with Edo Japan?

Answer 10

Russia and China

Question 11

Who was considered the descendants of the Japanese?

Answer 11

The Ainu

Question 12

Who was intent on ending isolation and the Without thinking Twice Edict?

Answer 12

Commodore Perry

Question 13

Unequal treaties made Japan do what?

Answer 13

Open up their doors, end isolation and compete with the west.

Question 14

When there was civil unrest in the 1800’s the samurai brought the people together by doing what?

Answer 14

Portraying the emperor as an icon for the people.

Question 15

Japan’s worldview changed because they were focused on what?

Answer 15

Modernization

Question 16

The need to educate the Japanese people in European languages showed the influence of what?

Answer 16

Europe on Japan

Question 17

Civil unrest and unequal treaties made people turn against who?

Answer 17

The Bakufu

Question 18

Once China lost its power what happened?

Answer 18

Europe began to dominate

Question 19

Japan was pressured into doing what with the USA?

Answer 19

Signing a treaty

Question 20

The Japanese used what to maintain what?

Answer 20

The Japanese used the isolation policy to maintain their power and sovereignty.

Question 21

The influence of Europe was seen in Japan by teaching Japanese officials what?

Answer 21

European languages.

Question 22

The US wanted to trade with Japan because they wanted what?

Answer 22

Access to all of the goods and resources in Japan.

Question 23

Japan opened trading to the west so they could what?

Answer 23

Compete with the west and keep their own character.

Question 24

What concluded that Japan was not going to lose its independence?

Answer 24

The Iwakura Mission

Question 25

What was the most important reason for the end of isolation?

Answer 25

Trade between countries was becoming more important and unavoidable

Question 26

How is the situation for the Ainu similar to First Nations in Canada?

Answer 26

The Ainu were assimilated, forced to sign treaties, had their own religion, had industries and trade, and they were also forced to live on reserves, just like the First Nations.