Q1. ans: They were descendants of Japan’s first indigenous people. They were self-sufficient fishers, hunters, food collectors, and lived in permanent villages. they were also considered non-humans.

Q2. ans: The Russo-Japanese War was 110 years ago. The war killed upwards of 125,000 people, and limited Russian influence in Northeast Asia. The shogun and the bakufu were warned to be prepared for the trouble that came from the outside world.

Q3. ans: China already had some knowledge about Europeans, but the change was in 1543 when the portuguese were the first europeans to arrive in Japan, creating a great impact, because of firearms, which were unknown. In Japan the portuguese also reseted trade, the first global trade since they had a lot of outposts and forts linking Japan and Europe for the first time. But the the Bakufu in Japan decided to expel all the foreigners. …show more content…
ans: The Dutch East India company was a trading company. In 1602 a monopoly on Dutch colonial and trade activities in the Far East. Following the burden of maritime restrictions in the 1630s, the Dutch were the only Europeans that traded or otherwise interacted, with Japan during the Edo period. The Company boasted 257 ships and 12,000 employees. Overpowering the Chinese merchants in Nagasaki in most Western treatments of the subject.

Q5. ans: China had lost a battle against the britians and were forced to sign a treaty with them. But the treaty did not treat each side equally. So, China was more humiliated as they also made all westerners allowed to trade with china. The bakufu abandoned them.

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