people

Question 1

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Answer 1

When Christianity started taking over Hideyoshi thought it was hostile and issued an edict which ordered all Jesuit missionaries to leave Japan. Died in 1598

Question 2

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Answer 2

Claimed title of shogun in 1603. Established tokugawa shognaute

Died in 1616

Question 3

Oda Nobunaga

Answer 3

Japanese daimyo

Ended a long period of feudal wars by unifying half of the provinces in Japan under his rule

Question 4

Commodore Perry

Answer 4

Commadore in chief of the US naval forces.

Simple message agree to trade in peace or suffer the consequences of war

On july 8th 1853 fleet of four warships into uraga bay near edo.

Returned with a larger fleet in feb 1854 and leaved with the treaty of kanagawa.

Question 5

President Fillmore

Answer 5

President of the us sent out a letter addressed to emperor of japan which requested:

-the us and japan should live in friendship and trade
-japan should provided Americans with ships with coal and additional supplies on entering its ports
-shipwrecked American sailors should be protected by local authorities

If didn’t agree it woould be backed up with force

Question 6

Satsuma-Choshu Alliance

Answer 6

Powerful military alliance between fedual domains of satsuma and choshu

Formed in 1866

Restore imperial rule and overthrow tokugawa shogunate of japan

Bringing back emperor to power in the meiji restoration of 1868

Question 7

Keiki

Answer 7

Tokugawa yoshinobu(keiki)

15th and last shogun of tokugawa shogunate

Part of movement which aimed to reform the aging shogunate, but was ultimately unsuccessful

Question 8

Matsuhito

Answer 8

During his reign japan dramatically transformed from feudal country into one of the great powers of the modern world

western ideas and innovations onto a base of japanese culture e.g clothing, diet, schooling

Question 9

Genro

Answer 9

Men who played a leading role in the 1868 meiji restoartion

Organization of the new govt that followed this revolution

Question 10

Saigo Takamori

Answer 10

Samurai

Helped lead the satsuma rebellion against the Meiji rebellion

The last Sumari

Question 11

Zaibatsu

Answer 11

Government built major industries e.g. ship and steel sold at bargian prices to powerful merchants

Supported the government and were able to influence and make decisions for the government