Historian Data Sheets

Name:  ____________________________

1. Below is a table.  You need to use the web site to fill in the information.
 
 
Year (s)
What Happened?
10,000 years ago Present shape of Japan formed
. Rice cultivation and settlements grow larger
. First steps toward nationhood
604 A.D. .
. Japan ruled by Samurai
. Civil War
1700 A.D. New government in Edo (Tokyo) - Japan isolated itself from the rest of the world.
. American Commodore Perky opens Japan to the world..
1868 A.D. Emperor sets up a new system of government
. Democratic movement begins, global economic crisis, military came to power
1941 A.D. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. (not on web page.)
1945 A.D. Japan creates a new constitution.
. Japan joins the United Nations.
 1.  Scroll down to the bottom where there are questions.  Click on "Did Nina exist?"

     Explain what Ninja really were? ______________________________________

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2.  Click on " When and where were atomic bombs dropped?"  Answer the question

     and explain what Japan decided to do about atomic bombs.

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3.  How was rice growing first introduced into Japan?

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4.  Write about the shoguns.  Who were they?  What did they do?  What do you

      think of them.

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