Samurai & Japanese Society
🔹 $100: The act of ritual suicide performed by Samurai to preserve their honor.
👉 What is seppuku?
🔹 $100: Tsunamis, typhoons, and shortage of arable land are all examples of this.
A. Causes of frequent economic decline
B. Results of Japan’s closeness to the Pacific Ocean
C. Geographic challenges for the Japanese people
D. Natural advantages of being an island nation
👉 What is C. Geographic challenges for the Japanese people?
🔹 $100: The indigenous people of Japan.
👉 Who are the Ainu?
🔹 $100: This term describes a group of people similar in nature and character.
👉 What is homogenous?
🔹 $100: The act of rejecting foreign influences in favor of traditional Japanese customs.
👉 What is isolationism?
🔹 $200: Samurai warriors without masters were known as this.
👉 What is a ronin?
🔹 $200: A strong, destructive wave caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions on the ocean floor.
👉 What is a tsunami?
🔹 $200: The Mongols tried to invade Japan twice in the 13th century but failed due to these fierce storms.
👉 What are typhoons?
🔹 $200: Festivals held every spring and fall to please the kami of each Japanese clan and village.
👉 What is matsuri?
🔹 $200: The foreign group that brought Christianity to Japan in the 1500s.
👉 Who were the Portuguese?
🔹 $300: A powerful Japanese lord who controlled land and had samurai under his command.
👉 What is a daimyo?
🔹 $300: Since Japan is an island, trade and contact with other nations is more difficult. This is an example of:
A. An island protecting Japan from foreign invaders
B. The sea providing food and jobs
C. Japan isolating itself from foreign influences
D. A disadvantage of Japan’s island location
👉 What is D. A disadvantage of Japan’s island location?
🔹 $300: The forced process in which the Ainu people had to adopt Japanese customs and language.
👉 What is assimilation?
🔹 $300: The gods of nature in Ainu beliefs.
👉 What are kamuy?
🔹 $300: The port city where the Dutch were allowed to trade during Japan’s period of isolation.
👉 What is Nagasaki?
🔹 $400: The title given to a Japanese military ruler in Edo, Japan.
👉 What is a shogun?
🔹 $400: Due to frequent natural disasters, the Japanese people are known for being both of these qualities.
A. Stoic
B. Self-sufficient
C. Independent
D. Both A & B
👉 What is D. Both A & B?
🔹 $400: The interaction between the Japanese and the Ainu is most similar to the relationship between:
A. Italian and Muslim merchants
B. European settlers and Indigenous Canadians
C. European traders and Asian merchants
D. African leaders and European slave traders
👉 What is B. European settlers and Indigenous Canadians?
🔹 $400: A person who can control their emotions with patience is described as this.
👉 What is stoic?
🔹 $400: The period of time (1603-1868) when Japan was almost completely isolated from the outside world.
👉 What is the Edo Period?
🔹 $500: The belief in faithfulness and devotion to one’s parents.
👉 What is filial piety?
🔹 $500: The homogenous nature of Japanese society, its periods of isolation, and self-sufficiency are mostly due to this.
👉 What is A. The island location of Japan?
🔹 $500: The Japanese are known as the nation of the “________.”
A. Divine Wind
B. Cherry Blossoms
C. Rising Sun
D. Ainu
👉 What is C. Rising Sun?
🔹 $500: This term describes land that is suitable for farming and agriculture.
👉 What is arable?
🔹 $500: This philosophy stressed the importance of duty, loyalty, and respect for elders in Japanese society.
👉 What is Confucianism?