Shoguns
What is a Shogun?
Military leader
What is an emperor?
Ruler/leader of Japan
What continent is Japan on?
Asia
Which 2 clans contolled Japan in the mid 12th century?
Taira and Minamoto
What sport did emperors play?
Kemari
What country is above Japan?
Korea
What is the name of the people in the Shogun's army?
Samurai
Who is Japan's current emperor?
Akihito
This term describes a group of islands, like Japan, which is made up of hundreds of inhabited and uninhabited islands.
Archipelago
What year did the civil war end?
1185
What modern day city was the first Japanese state established near?
Nara
Japan consists of over 14,125 islands, but only this number are inhabited.
430
What is a Mongol?
Tride of nomads who had invaded and conquered China
This clan established the first Japanese state around the fourth century CE.
Yamato clan
The distance spanned by Japan’s archipelago is approximately this many kilometres.
2000km