What body of water borders Japan to the west?

"The way of the sword"

About how many Catholic churches did missionaries build in Japan prior to the Edo period?

Who was the first American allowed in Japan in 1853?

What traditional Japanese religion is based on nature and ancestor worship?

What is the name of Japan's largest island?

Who was the first of the Tokugawa Shoguns?

What is filial piety?

Which social class ceased to exist during the Meiji period?

The _________ are sacred beings worshipped in Shinto; they take a natural form or shape

In what areas of Japan do most of the population live?

During feudal Japan, about how many daimyo were there?

Who was the one European country allowed to trade with Japan, and why?

Which Western-style building sparked a backlash in Japan?

What is bunraku?

What was the Japanese name for the natural disaster that saved Japan from Mongol invasion?

Ritual suicide that was an alternative to humiliation and public shame

When daimyo moved around the countryside between cities, a group of people called an __________________ would travel with them.

Name two Japanese cultural traditions that the Meiji government banned.

What is the classical Japanese dance-drama theatre where the actors wear elaborate masks?

What agricultural technique did the Japanese use to help them grow rice in hilly or mountainous areas?

System of two levels of government during feudal and Edo Japan

List the 7 Japanese social classes from highest ranked to lowest ranked.

Name two of the Meiji governments mottos.

The pleasure, or entertainment districts were known as the _________________ __________________. Men would go here to relax and unwind; social controls were much looser here.