Name:_________________________
AP World History
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AP Test Review: Timeline Activity
Japan:
Place the following event in the correct order while identifying the location and write a description in to box provided.
 Russo-Japanese War
 End of US occupation
 Shintoism as national
religion
 Isolationism
 Taika Reforms
 Meiji Era
 Failed Mongol invasion
 Military takeover of
government
 Crucifixion of Nagasaki
 Visit of Commodore Perry
 Tokugawa Shogunate
 Kamakura Shogunate
 Invasion of Korea
 Atomic bombs
 Agriculture
Event
Period 2
Description
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Period 3
1. Taika Reforms
646 CE
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The reforms extended the direct dominion of the emperor’s family over the whole of
Japan with an orderly and fair system of government modeled on that of Tang China.
One of the adoptions from China was the naming of eras in an emperor’s reign, and
the newly enthroned emperor Kōtoku promptly took the era name Taika (“Great
Change”) for the first half of his reign.
Prior to the Taika era, Japan had been a patchwork of clans
2.
3. Kamakura
Shogunate
4. Failed Mongol
Invasion
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basis of feudalism was firmly established
Kamakura culture was largely defined by the rise of the warrior class, which held
martial skills and the ideals of duty, loyalty, and bravery in the highest regard. The
practice of ritual suicide by disembowelment (seppuku) and the cult of the sword
both emerged during this period.
Period 4
1.
2. Crucifixion of
Nagasaki
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3. Tokugawa
Shogunate
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The shogunate and imperial government at first supported the Catholic mission and
the missionaries, thinking that they would reduce the power of the Buddhist monks,
and help trade with Spain and Portugal. However, the Shogunate was also wary of
colonialism, seeing that in the Philippines the Spanish had taken power after
converting the population. The government increasingly saw Roman Catholicism as a
threat, and started persecuting Christians. Christianity was banned and those
Japanese who refused to abandon their faith were killed.
On February 5, 1597, twenty-six Christians were executed by crucifixion in Nagasaki.
These individuals were raised on crosses and then pierced through with spears.
Japan went through periods of both isolation and acceptance of Western influences.
In 1602, the Tokugawa family gained prominence when one of its members acquired
the title of shogun. Ruling Japan from the city of Edo (Tokyo).
Brought a degree of centralized authority in Japan.
Large Estates of many daimyo were broken up and taken over by the Tokugawa
family.
At first the Tokugawa protected Christian missionaries but later saw them as a threat
in which they persecuted them.
4.
Period 5
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Use military force to open up more port in Japan (big Guns)
3.
Period 6
1. Military takeover
of government
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3.