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History of Japan Study Guide

Textbook Reference: Chapter 18: Geography and Heritage of Japan, pgs 389-408 and Chapter 19: Japan Today, pgs 411-418

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Geography of Japan

  1. What is an archipelago? Why is Japan considered an archipelago?
  2. How does the Pacific Ring of Fire affect Japan?
  3. What is terracing? Why is terracing important in Japan?
  4. What is ethnocentrism? Why were many Japanese ethnocentric?

Feudal Japan

  1. What were the social classes of feudal Japan? How were they set up?
  2. Who was Minamoto? Why was he important to Japan?
  3. Who was Tokugawa? Why was he important to Japan?
  4. What is isolationism? Why was Japan an isolationist country during this time period?
  5. What were the shoguns feelings toward Christianity? Why? What happened?
  6. What were the main religious beliefs of the Japanese during this time?
  7. Who influenced Japan the most during this time? Why?
  8. What is bushido? What does it mean to samurai?

Meiji Japan

  1. Who is the first to open Japan up to trade with the west? What is the name of the treaty that allowed this?
  2. Why does Japan decide to come out of its isolation?
  3. How does Japan view the west?
  4. What does Japan learn from the west?
  5. How does government change during this time period?
  6. In what ways does Japan become more modern during this time period?
  7. Who were the zaibatsu? Why were they important?
  8. What is expansionism? What did Japan do to show they were expansionists during this time period?

Occupied Japan

  1. Why was Japan occupied? Who occupied Japan?
  2. What changes were made in Japan during occupation?
  3. What is the Japanese economic miracle?
  4. In what industries does Japan lead the world?
  5. What is pacifism? Why does Japan have this policy?