Japan

Archipelago

A large chain of islands, e.g., Japan.

Emperor Hirohito

Emperor of Japan during Nationalism; he held no actual power.

Hideki Tojo

The individual who held actual power during Nationalism in Japan.

Treaty of Kanagawa

Agreement where Japan would not harm crashed ships and opened two ports for refueling and trading.

Matthew Perry

He brought a note from the US President and four warships, establishing a deal with Japan.

Edo Bay

Location where Matthew Perry arrived with his note.

Millard Fillmore

President of the US who sent Matthew Perry with a note.

Concessions

Political compromises.

Kyoto

Site of the Sat-Cho attack on the Shogun’s palace for not opposing foreigners. Japan’s old Capital

Mutsuhito

First leader who initiated Japan's opening to the West.

Edo

Location where the capital was moved to, now known as Tokyo.

Prefectures

Territories granted to Lords in exchange for stripping power from them.

Ito Hirobumi

He traveled to several countries to study their governments.

Subsidy

Financial support given by the Meiji government to needy businesses.

Context

Women were relegated to family roles due to the Civil Code of 1898.

Port Arthur

Naval base ceded by China to Japan after the Korean War.

Manhattan Project

Franklin Roosevelt’s initiative to develop an atomic bomb.

Einstein

Wrote to Roosevelt suggesting the development of the atomic bomb.

Enola Gay

The airplane used to drop the atomic bomb.

Colonel Paul W. Tibbets

The individual who dropped the atomic bomb.

Island Hopping

Military strategy to only invade islands necessary to help defeat Japan

AQI

Air Quality Index

Terrace Farming

Japanese used this technique because they had limited land to grow crops

Shintoism

National Religion of Japan

Harry Truman

The one who initiated the dropping of the bomb.

Kamikaze

 Someone who is doing a suicide mission

Rape of Nanjing

When Japanese soldiers went to Nanjing and killed around 200,000 people and raped around 20,000

Brain drain

 Where Students from poor countries go to an outside country to make more money and have a better life.

98%

How many people in Japan are ethnically Japan.