Unit 3

From Isolation to Adaptation

Activity

1. Download the document, Reading/Study Guide Unit 3: Chapter 15, Lesson 2.
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2. Click on one of the links provided to download the document.
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3. Read pages 336 to 338 of your textbook.
• Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• What does Prince Mutsuhito’s new name for himself tell us about his attitude towards change?
  
• What was the oligarchy?
  
• What were the two goals of government reform?
  
• Why was the Imperial Court moved?
  
• What was the Five Charter Oath?
  
• How did the new government increase the power of the emperor and themselves?


4. Read page 339 of the textbook.
• Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• Who was Saigo Takamori?
  
• Why did he lead the revolt against the emperor?
  
• When he lost to the Japanese Imperial Army, what did he do? Why?


5. Read pages 340, 341, and 342 of the textbook.
• Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• What new rules applied to common people?
  
• How did the Meiji leaders change education?
  
• What remained the same in Japanese society?
  


6. When you are finished, submit your completed Reading/Study Guide on the next page.