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.