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| A region of earthquakes and volcanoes |
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| Cutting into the side of the mountains to make flat land to farm on. |
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| People share a common language and culture |
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| Samurai’s code of conduct – the way of the warrior |
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| Parents choose who their children will marry |
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| Type of Buddhism practiced in Japan |
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| Traditional Japanese religion in which the Japanese believe there are spirits in nature called Kami |
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| In Shintoism, spirits in nature |
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| Local lords ruled the land but they were bound to higher lords and emperors by ties of loyalty |
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| Chief general of the army, most powerful ruler in Japanese Feudalism |
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| Control of the government comes from the capital, less local control for local leaders. |
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| Tokugawa Shogun isolated Japan from foreigners to save Japanese culture. |
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| U.S. navy officer who forced Japan to open their ports to the west |
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| Meiji Restoration 1868 - 1895 |
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| Period of rapid modernization by the Japanese, they also restored the power back to the emperor |
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| The glorification of militarism and readiness for war – looking for war |
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| U.S. policy during WWII of taking over island after island from the Japanese |
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| The two Japanese cities that they U.S. used atomic weapons on to end WWII |
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| The Treaty that Commodore Perry forced the Japanese to sign opening up Japan’s port to the west. |
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| U.S. General MacArthur’s plan to rebuild Japan into a modern, democratic country |
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| U.S. general who took over Japan after WWII |
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| Japanese Elected representative body – like the U.S. legislative branch (Japanese Congress) |
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| Refers to how fast Japan was able to rebuild its economy using modern factories after WWII. |
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| When two countries or regions rely on each other equally for the goods they need |
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| When your trade is unequal – either you export more then you import or you import more then you export |
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