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Japan Test
Mr. Etter's Class
21
History
10th Grade
12/14/2011

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A samurai is a...
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Japanese warrior knight
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A government system in which local lords are bound to higher lords by ties of loyalty is known as...
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feudalism
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A shogun is a...
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chief general of the army
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A daimyo is a...
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Japanese military lord
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Bushido is the...
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samurai code of behavior
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Zaibatsu are...
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large family-business organizations
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Militarism is the...
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glorification of the military and the readiness for war
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japan is a archipelago, or...
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chain of islands
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Name the four main islands of Japan.
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Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, & Shikoku
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____ tremors shake Japan each year, since it lies in the Ring of Fire (the largest chain of _____)
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1,500; volcanoes
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___% of Japan's land is arable due to rugged _______.
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13%...mountains
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___ is a major food source of Japan
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fish
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Japan's growing season lasts between ___ and ___ days
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200 and 260 days
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Regionalism is...
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Having a conscious loyalty to one specific kind of region
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Japan is a ______ society
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homogeneous society
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The Japanese blended _____ with their traditional ____ beliefs.
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Buddhism; traditional Shinto beliefs
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Confucian ideas about _____ and _____ have shaped Japanese values
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about family and respect for ancestors have shaped...
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In 1853, Commodore _________ forced Japan to end it's policy of _______.
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Matthew Perry; isolationism
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The _____ emperor modernized Japan's government, economy, and social system
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Meiji
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Name the feudal ranking of Japan in order from highest ranking to lowest ranking
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Emperor, Shogun, Daimyo, Samurai, Peasants, Artisans, Merchants, Slaves/Prisoners
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Japan's unequal treaty was the Treaty of _______. It gave the U.S. the rights to stop at ___ Japanese ports and send a U.S. __________ to Japan.
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Kanagawa; two Japanese ports and send a U.S. representative to Japan
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