1. Strong Leaders Rule Japan Key Red=Notes Black=No Notes Michael Morita Jack Connard Period 5 3/01/08 Oda Nobunaga Tokugawa Ieyasu

2. Oda Nobunaga The first leader that reunites Japan was Oda Nobunaga When political order was broken down and daimyo were fighting each other Oda gave his soldiers guns to easily defeat his enemies

3. Tokugawa Ieyasu After Odas death following his footsteps Tokugawa Ieyasu, conquered his enemies by the 1600s and became the new shogun in 1603 starting the Rule by shoguns of the Tokugawa family. During the Tokugawa clan rule, Japan started to have contact with the outside world. The Tokugawa clan ruled Japan until 1608.

4. Isolation of Japan Because of fear that Japan would become too much like Europe and the Shoguns would lose power the Shoguns isolated Japan by cutting off contact with the outside world. In addition to this the Shoguns also banned guns and limited technological progress resulting the period of the samurai lasting until the 1800s.

5. Conclusion Japans geography affected Japans development and life styles During the Heian period new forms of art and philosophy flourished When the daimyos gained power Japan became a military society Two strong leaders ruled Japan

6. Quiz Questions A. Which ruler gave his soldiers guns so that he could defeat his enemies easily in combat? 1.Oda Nobunaga 2.Tokugawa Ieyasu 3.Hiroshi Kawahara 4.Genghis Khan B. After Tokugawa became Shogun what was his familys ruling period called? 1.The Tokugawa Dynasty 2.Rule by shoguns of the Tokugawa family 3.The shogun years 4.The period of Tokugawa shoguns

7. C. What did the Japanese shoguns fear with the contact from the outside world? 1.That Japan will start a war against Europe because they are sick of all of Europes contacts. 2.That Japan will lose all of its trading secrets and will lose money 3.That Japan will become to much like Europe and the shoguns will lose power 4.Japan will become entirely Christian and all of Japans history will be lost D. Besides cutting off contact with the outside world what else did Japan do resulting with the samurai period lasting until the 1800s? start an ice cream factory explored new lands and countries started a technological period of scientific advancements banned guns and limited technological practice E. True or False: Tokugawa Ieyasu liked Japan having contact with the outside world.