TOKUGAWA JAPAN



TOKUGAWA JAPAN

ONLINE ASSIGNMENT

Go to the following website:



o Click on 1000-1450 in the “view by time period” section

o On the pop-up screen, click on “Medieval Japan [Multimedia Unit]”

Use the navigation menu on the left side of the screen, read the sections listed below, and answer the corresponding questions.

Read: Parallels with Europe

1. Who spearheaded the fighting in medieval Europe and Japan?

Read: Feudalism and Lord-Vassal Relations

2. What are the basic characteristics of feudalism?

3. The Lord-Vassal relationship was at first based on _____, and later included ________.

GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL WEBSITE and click on 1450-1770 in the “view by time period” section

o On the pop-up screen, click on “Tokugawa Japan [Multimedia Unit]”

Read: Importance of the Tokugawa Era

4. What are the two “importances” of Tokugawa Japan?

Read: Economy, Urbanization, Education, Modernity

5. Which areas of Tokugawa society and economy saw growth during this period?

Read: Unification

6. Who became Shogun in 1603?

7. What was the central thought in the minds of Tokugawa rulers?

Read: Samurai Class

8. How long did peace last in the Tokugawa Era?

9. What was the samurai obligation in times of peace?

CONTINUE TO NEXT PAGE FOR NEXT WEBSITE…

GO TO THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE:

empires/japan/index.html

Click on “Enter Edo”

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Click on “Travel Tokaido”

o Click “On the Tokaido Road”

o Browse the info in the pop-up screen and answer the following questions

1. How far was it from Edo to Osaka?

2. What was the standard mode of travel along the Tokaido Road?

3. What were travel restrictions placed on women?

4. What did villagers do as daimyo lords passed through?

5. Choose a character: ____________

o What was their role along the Tokaido Road?

Click on “Timeline”

6. What happened in 1543?

7. What happened in 1603?

8. Who was William Adams? What was he awarded?

9. Why did Ieyasu prohibit all Christian activity in Japan in 1614?

10. What happened in 1701?

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