| A | B |
|---|
| Millard Filmore | U.S. President who sent the navy to open Japan. |
| Matthew Perry | U.S. Commodore who sailed to Japan to "open" Japan. |
| Meiji | Emperor of Japan that regain his powers from the Shogun and adopted Western ways to modernize Japan. |
| Tokugawa | Powerful Shogunate who created a system of centralized Japanese Feudalism. |
| Hirohito | Emperor of Japan during WWII, who later renounced the emperors claim to heavenly ties. |
| Akihito | Japans 125th emperor marking the beginning of the "Heisei" Era. |
| Douglas MacArthur | U.S. general in charge of the occupation of Japan following WWII. |
| Murasaki Shikibu | Female who wrote the worlds first novel The Tale of Genji. |
| Mr. Sugrue | The coolest Social Studies teacher you've ever had. |
