Question

directions: read each document, annotate it and answer the questions below. doc. 1 - the sankin kotai or hostage system was included as part of the warrior class laws. alternate residence duty, or sankin kotai, was a system developed in the warring states period and perfected by the tokugawa shogunate. in essence, the system demanded simply that daimyo reside in the tokugawa castle at edo for periods of time, alternating with residence at the daimyos own castle. when a daimyo was not residing in the tokugawa castle, he was required to leave his family at his overlords shoguns castle town. it was, at its simplest, a hostage system which required that either the daimyo or his family (including the very important heir) always be physically subject to the whim of the overlord.... source: \sankin kotai and the hostage system,\ nakasendo way, walk japan doc. 2 - how louis kept the nobles in order...that it might be amusing for the nobles to obey the king. louis built a splendid new royal residence at versailles, near paris, where he established the most brilliant court ever known in europe. the most influential nobles were encouraged, and even commanded, to leave their castles in the country, where life at best was dull, and to come and live with the king at versailles. here the king provided amusements for them, and here he could keep his eye on them. the nobles could not well be discourteous or disobedient to the king while they lived in his house and ate at his table. almost without knowing it, louiss noble guests fell into the habit of trying to please him. the kings manners were imitated, his words repeated. all smiled when the king smiled, all were sad when the king was sad, \all were devout when the king was devout, and all were sorry not to be ill when the king was ill.\ if a noble at court displeased the king, he was sent back to the country to live in his own house, in which case everyone felt - and he did too - that he was in deep disgrace.... source: carl l. becker, modern history, silver, burdett and company 3a. identify a similarity or difference between the attitude towards foreigners described in document 1 and document 2.

Explanation:

Document 1 discusses the sankin kotai system in Japan where daimyo or their families were held in a form of hostage - like situation to ensure loyalty to the shogun. Document 2 is about Louis in France who brought nobles to his court at Versailles to keep them under his watch and ensure their loyalty. Neither document mentions foreigners. So, a similarity is that both systems were about controlling local (domestic) powerful groups (daimyo and nobles) to maintain central authority, and there is no mention of attitudes towards foreigners in either.

Answer:

Both documents focus on controlling domestic powerful groups (daimyo in Japan and nobles in France) for central - authority maintenance and do not mention attitudes towards foreigners.