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Global Studies I
Japan
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History
9th Grade
05/10/2011

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Shinto
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Pearl Harbor
Definition

December 7th, 1941

Japan attacks U.S. Naval Base in Hawaii

A Day that will live in infamy

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Shogun
Definition
In Feudal Japan, a supreme military commander who ruled in the name of the emperor
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Emperor
Definition
A person who ruled a group of people
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Meiji Restoration
Definition
He wanted to Japan back to the ways in was in olden times
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kabuki
Definition
type of Japanese drama in which music, dance, and mime are used to present stories
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Isoroku Yamamoto
Definition
attacked the U.S. fleet during Pearl Harbor
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Battle of Midway
Definition

1942  - American forced defeated Japanese forces in central Pacific

turning point in the war

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Douglas MacArthur
Definition
Commander of the allied (friends) forces  in the pacific
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Battle of Guadalcanal
Definition
Allied troops drove Japanese forces from the Pacific island of Guadalcanal
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daimyo
Definition
warriors/feudal lords who commanded a private army of samurai
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Kamikaze
Definition

World War II

Japanese suicide pilots trained to sink Allied ships by crashing bomb-filled planes into them

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Heian period
Definition
highly refined court society - gentlemen & ladies of the court (noble families) filled their days with elaborate rituals & artistic pursuits
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Bushido
Definition
strict code of behavior followed by samurai warriors in Japan
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Invasion of China
Definition
Japan took advantage of China's weakening situation (fighting with each other) - Japan had control of a large part of China by 1938
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Tokugawa Shogunate
Definition

Restoring a centralized government

Rule of law overcame the rule of the sword

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Haiku
Definition
Japanese form of poetry, consisting of three unrhymed lines of 5, 7, & 5 syllables
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Closed Door Policy
Definition

Tokugawa shoguns sealed Japan's borders

Instituted a "closed door policy"

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unequal treaties
Definition
treaties in which China was forced to concede many of its territorial and sovereignty rights. They were negotiated during the 19th and early 20th centuries between China and foreign imperialist powers, especially Great Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Russia, and Japan
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Zen Buddhism
Definition
Attaining/Achieving enlightenment through meditation
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Commodore Perry
Definition
Naval officer - negotiated with Japan to open their ports to allow American ships in for trading
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Role of Samurai
Definition
Lead their lives according to the ethic code of Bushido
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