Unit 3

From Isolation to Adaptation



Activity


  1. Download the document, Reading/Study Guide Unit 3: Chapter 14, Lesson 1.
    Please save your work to a file on your desktop so you will have a copy to refer back to.

  2. Click on one of the links provided to download the document.


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  3. Read pages 306 to the top of page 308 of the textbook.
      • Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.

        • Why did the shogun think foreigners were a threat?
        • Why did he disapprove of Christianity?
        • What were the Exclusion Laws?
        • Who was not expelled? Where could they go?

  4. Read pages 310 to 313 of your textbook.
      • Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.

        • Who was Will Adams?
        • How may Adams have contributed to the Exclusion Laws?
        • Who was Manjiro?
        • Why was Manjiro considered valuable to the shogun?
        • What duty to the shogun did the Dutch traders have in common with the daimyo?
        • Who were the Dutch Scholars?

  5. When you are finished, submit the worksheet on the next page.