Geography
This geographical feature keeps Japan isolated from the rest of Asia.
What are seas?
The first emperor of Japan.
Who is Jimmu?
This culture influenced Japan's art, literature, science, and religion.
What is Chinese culture?
This form of poetry consists of three lines of words with a total of seventeen syllables.
What is Haiku?
This natural disaster destroyed many mongol ships.
What is a Typhoon?
This is something that is hard to do in Japan due to its geographical features.
What is farming?
Nobles gave land to these warriors.
Who are samurai?
This process enabled people to plant more crops.
What is an irrigation process?
Japanese warriors wore this protective gear in battle.
This is an art of folding paper.
What is origami?
This natural disaster frequently occurs in Japan.
What are earthquakes?
These reforms created Japan's first strong central government.
What are the Taika reforms?
Many Japanese people gradually adapted to this religion to fit with older Shinto practices.
What is Buddhism?
This is a system where land was exchanged for loyalty and military service.
What is feudalism?
Japanese emperors built this capital city in the early 700s.
What is Nara?
Japan is a chain of islands. This word describes a chain of islands.
What is archipelago?
This is what a plan of government is called.
What is a constitution?
Japanese people worshipped at these shrines and at Buddhist temples.
What are Shinto shrines?
What are Katanas?
This group of people brought farming to Japan.
Who are the Yayoi?
For centuries, Japanese people lived on these four largest islands.
What is Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu?
This clan ruled most of Japan in the 500s.
Who are the Yamato?
Artisans and merchants set up these groups to protect their jobs and increase their earnings.
What are guilds?
This code guided samurai behavior and emphasized loyalty and courage.
What is Bushido?
Yamato chiefs claimed they were descended from this Goddess.
Who is a sun Goddess?