The Tokugawa Shoguns Maintained Control Mainly Through

question 27

Multiple Choice

The Tokugawa shoguns maintained control mainly through

• A) terror and executions.
• B) hiring gangs of samurai.
• C) supervision and surveillance.
• D) being elected by daimyo members.
• E) control of the merchant class.

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Proposed Plan

A suggested course of action or strategy, typically presented for consideration, approval, or implementation.

Risky Shift

A phenomenon where group decisions tend to be riskier than the average of the individual choices initially proposed by the group members.

Conservative Shift

A psychological theory indicating that groups tend to make decisions that are more risk-averse or conservative than individual members would make alone.

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