Location
a group of islands
What is an archipelago?
A religious ceremony or series of acts.
What is a ritual?
The reason Prince Shotoku stressed that Japan have only one ruler.
What is allegiance to their clan chief.
A traditional form of Japanese entertainment with singing and dancing.
What is Kabuki?
A member of the Japanese military.
What is a Samurai?
Since Japan is extremely mountainous, most people settled on Japan's coastal plains.
How did Japan's geography affected where people settled?
The action or practice of meditating.
What is meditation?
Establishing a centralized form of government.
What is Prince Shotoku's greatest achievement?
Masked Japanese drama.
What is Noh?
A hereditary commander and chief in feudal Japan.
What is a SHogun?
The official residence or office of an ambassador.
What is an embassy?
Gods or Scared Spirits in this religion are called this.
What are Kami?
Empress Suiko's nephew.
Who was Prince Shotoku?
A form of writing with verses of 5-7-5 syllables.
What is Haiku?
One of the great lords who were vassals to the Shogun.
What is the Daimyo?
Japan brought ideas like Buddhism, the alphabet, and calligraphy this Asian country.
What is China?
Japan's most ancient religion.
What is Shinto?
By introducing ideas, institutions, and practices that formed the Japanese government.
How Prince Shotoku unified the Japanese people?
She wrote the world's first novel.
Who was Murasaki Shikibu?
The main system of government in medieval Japan.
What is feudalism?
A chain of volcanoes surrounds the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Ring of Fire?
A group of wealthy people who were supported by the farmers, artisans, and slaves.
aristocracy
A person who rules a kingdom when the king or queen is not able to rule.
What is a regent?
Japan's greatest master of Haiku.
Who was Matsuo Basho?
The code of honor and morals developed by the Japanese.
What is Bushido?