Japan

Question 1

Ieyasu (Tokugawa Ieyasu) (leader/shogun)

Answer 1

The founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan (r. 1603–1605 as shogun) who unified the country, brought long-lasting peace, and ruled through a strict feudal system.

Question 2

Tokugawa Shogunate

Answer 2

The military government in Japan (1603–1868) led by the Tokugawa family that kept the country stable, isolated from most foreign influence, and ruled through a strict social hierarchy.

Question 3

Feudalism in Japan

Answer 3

A system where the shogun had the most power, daimyos (regional lords) controlled land, samurai served the lords as warriors, and peasants worked the land, all under strict social rules.

Question 4

Samurai

Answer 4

Skilled warriors in Japan who served the daimyos and shogun, following a code of honor called bushido.

Question 5

Edo (Tokyo)

Answer 5

The capital city of the Tokugawa Shogunate, a political and cultural center that later became modern Tokyo. (Where the daimyos went)

Question 6

Alternate Attendance Policy

Answer 6

A rule making Japanese daimyos live in Edo every other year and leave their families there to keep them loyal to the shogun.

Question 7

Isolation - Sakoku Policy

Answer 7

Japan’s rule of closing itself off from most foreign contact (1600s–1800s) to control trade, limit foreign influence, and maintain order under the Tokugawa Shogunate. (Especially keeping Christianity away as it required loyalty to Pope not shogunate)

Question 8

Jesuits

Answer 8

Catholic missionaries who came to Japan in the 1500s to spread Christianity, often gaining converts among daimyo before being banned under the Tokugawa isolation policies.