Global Empires & Change · 1600 – 1750 CE
Tokugawa Japan
The unification of Japan, the Shogunate, and the policy of isolation (Sakoku).
Key Questions
- 1Why did the Tokugawa Shogunate choose to isolate Japan?
- 2How did the samurai class change during a period of prolonged peace?
- 3What was the social structure of feudal Japan?
Common Core State Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.3CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.7
Grade: 9th Grade
Subject: World History I
Unit: Global Empires & Change
Period: 1600 – 1750 CE
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