Which one of the following is one of the ways that the Japan's Closed Country edict tried to limit Japanese co

Question

Which one of the following is one of the ways that the Japan's Closed Country edict tried to limit Japanese contact with foreign influence?

A. It banned Japanese from talking to foreign merchants.
B. It forbade Japanese from traveling to foreign countries.
C. It forbade Japanese from reading foreign books.
D. It banned Japanese from learning foreign languages.

Answer 1

A - it would not allow trade to go on between Japan and other countries, mostly European, because the Japanese saw what had happened in China and they didn't want the same thing to happen in Japan. It was a bit of cultural exclusivity.