13-1 Japan Modernizes

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1 This is an image of a Japanese Woodcut. The woodcut is the oldest form of printmaking, and involves printing designs from carved and painted wood blocks. This one was created to help translate Japanese to English. Pick four English words and draw their corresponding Japanese characters.

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3 From the 1600s to the 1800s, Japan was ruled by _______ (Ellis and Esler 422). Shogun-

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5 200 years of isolation caused economic ______ in Japan (Ellis and Esler 422). By the 1800s, _________ were no longer strong leaders (Ellis and Esler 423).

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6 Matthew Perry-

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7 There is a saying that when one is besieged in a castle, to raise the drawbridge is to imprison oneself…Even though the Shogun’s ancestors set up seclusion laws, they left the Dutch and Chinese to act as a bridge…Might this bridge not now be of advantage to us in handling foreign affairs, providing us with the means whereby we may for a time avert the outbreak of hostilities and then, after some time has elapsed, gain a complete victory? (qtd. in Ellis and Esler 423) What is this author’s opinion of Japanese isolation?

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8 Mutsuhito (Emperor Meiji)- Meiji Restoration-

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9 Government Industrialization Society List changes made by Japan in each of the above categories.

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10 How does this graph reflect the Meiji reformers’ drive to industrialize Japan? (Ellis and Esler 426)

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11 Because of Japan’s size, they needed to build an __________ to obtain natural resources (Ellis and Esler 427).

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12 Japan defeated ________, ________, and _______ to gain more land for resources (Ellis and Esler 427). Japan ruled Korea for ___ years, and became the strongest power in ________ (Ellis and Esler 428).

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13 In this cartoon, Japan is depicted marching over Korea on its way to Russia. Why would Russia feel threatened by Japan’s aggression in Korea? (Ellis and Esler 427)