Ch22Sec3GR

Guided Reading 22-3

I. By 1800, Japan was ___________________ from all contact with the outside world.

A. The first foreign power to succeed with Japan was the ___________________.

B. Japan agreed to the Treaty of ___________________, opening ports to Western traders.

II. The decision to open relations with the West was highly ___________________ in parts of Japan.

A. In 1863, the ___________________ was forced to promise to end relations with the West.

B. A Sat-Cho army attacked the palace in Kyoto in 1868 and declared the restoration of the authority of the ___________________.

III. New leaders transformed Japan into a modern ___________________ nation.

A. Meiji reformers undertook a careful study of ___________________ political systems.

B. Meiji leaders set up a new system of ___________________.

C. The new army was well equipped and military service was ___________________.

IV. The Japanese began a program of territorial ___________________ in 1874.

A. Japan’s navy forced ___________________ to open their ports to Japanese trade.

B. Japan went to war with both ___________________ and ___________________.

C. The United States was the first to recognize Japanese ___________________ of Korea.

V. The wave of Western ideas that entered Japan altered Japanese ___________________.

A. The Japanese were dazzled by European ___________________.

B. Technical specialists from ___________________ were invited to come to Japan and teach.

C. In 1889, the ___________________ was established.

D. Japanese culture became ___________________ in Europe and North America.