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Question 1. Why did Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu move his center of administration to Edo in 1603? What was the official capital of Japan during the Edo Period?

Question 2. What happened to the Toyotomi family (Hideyori and his mother) in 1615?

Question 3. Describe the Tokugawa Shogunate's social class system. How did it work? What were the top four social classes, along with the so-called 'untouchable' class at the bottom?

Question 4. What role did samurai have during the Edo Period? What was expected of their behavior by the Tokugawa Shogunate?

Question 5. What were 4 ways the Tokugawa Shogunate initially controlled the daimyo?

Question 6. Into how many parts did the Tokugawa Shogunate segregate the daimyo? Name and describe them.

Question 7. What was the Alternate Attendance system, and what were 2 ways it controlled the daimyo?

Question 8. Describe the National Seclusion Policy. Who were the only Europeans who could still trade with Japan, and where were they confined to?

Question 9. What was the Shimabara Rebellion of 1637? How did it impact Christianity in Japan during the Edo Period?

Question 10. What factors led to the development of a national culture originating in Edo? How and why did Edo become a melting pot?

Question 11. Why was urban culture able to develop during the Edo Period? What were some examples of this urban culture?

Question 12. Why did merchants thrive during the Edo Period? How did urban culture influence the economy of the Edo Period?

Question 13. What role did the performing art of kabuki have during the Edo Period?

Question 14. How did woodblock printing make art and literature accessible to the common people?

Question 15. How is haiku connected to Zen culture?

Question 16. Discuss the three reasons behind the slow decline of the Tokugawa Shogunate at the end of the Edo Period.

Question 17. Why were steamships related to more frequent attempts by Europeans to go to Japan during the mid-1800s?