This social class was the lowest on the hierarchy due to their role as beggars and performers
The chain of active and dormant volcanoes that stretches around the pacific ocean
What is the Ring of Fire?
What is bunraku?
The military leader of Japan
What is the shogun?
The population shift from rural to urban that occurred during the Edo Period
What is urbanization?
Japan's system of ruling, based on hierarchy and owning land
What is the feudal system?
The dominant geographical feature in Japan
What are mountains?
A style of poem originating in Edo Japan
What is a haiku?
The figurehead of Japan who had more or less symbolic power only
What is the emperor?
Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka
What are the Three Metropolises?
This social class lives by a moral code called bushido.
What is the samurai?
Japan's geography made it easy for the country to adopt this worldview, called......
What is isolation?
Female artists and entertainers known for their beauty and etiquette
What is a Geisha?
The military government that passed the National Seclusion Policy
What is the Bakufu?
A very populated port city and the center of the shogun military government.
What is Edo?
This group was the highest ranking part of the peasant class due to their important and respected occupations
What are Farmers?
The closest country to Japan, that sits to the West.
What is South Korea?
What is woodblock printing?
Japan's government and society was informed by the set of values that came from this philosopher....
Who is Confucius?
The center of the Japanese economy, filled with markers and warehouses
What is Osaka?
This social class gained a lot of income during the Edo Period due to their increase of sales
What are merchants?
Japan's four main islands
What are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu?
The man who invented the haiku
Who is Basho Matsuo?
The regional ruler of the domains
What is a Daimyo?
The capital of Japan before Edo, a center of luxury and beauty items
What is Kyoto?