Examine the reasons why Japan sealed themselves off from foreign influence
What will be an ideal response?
In 1587, deeply suspicious of Western religion, the ruler Hideyoshi prohibited the practice of Christianity and enforced this prohibition with executions. Foreign policy for succeeding rulers became increasingly isolationist; the Japanese were forbidden to travel abroad in 1635 and limited foreign trade to the Dutch and the Chinese. Japan would not reopen its ports to the world until 1853.
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A. encouraged cooperation between artists and manufacturers. B. set about to design objects that could be machine produced. C. preceded the field of design. D. All of these. E. None of these answers are correct.
Bernini's statue of David differed from his predecessors by showing David ____
a. in the moment of combat b. waiting for the enemy c. after he had slain Goliath d. as a king