Beliefs
The focus of the shinto religion is this.
What are the gentle and fierce aspects of nature?
This is who the daimyo were.
What are lords who ruled over large portions of land?
Thisis the word that means separation from others.
What is isolation?
This is the type of art form that Kabuki and Noh are.
What are plays?
This is what Bushido is.
What is a code of values for warriors?
This is the reason the people of Japan granted their emperor so much honor and power.
What is the belief that the emperor was related to the sun goddess?
This was the role of the shogun in Japan.
What is a military ruler who also held political power?
This is the term we use to describe a chain of islands.
What is an archipelago?
This is what we call a person of the upper or noble class whose status is usually inherited.
What is an aristocrat?
This was the new object brought by Portuguese trade ships in 1543 that changed Japanese warfare.
What is a musket?
According to Buddha, this is how a person achieves peace.
What is to overcome feelings of desire?
This is what we call a Japanese warrior in feudal Japan.
What is a samurai?
This is what we call the nations that border the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Pacific Rim?
The geography of Japan can be best described this way.
What are 4 large islands and thousands of small islands located east of Korea?
This is what Commodore Matthew Perry forced the Japanese to do.
What is sign a trade treaty?
This is what the 8-fold path is.
What are the 8 steps a Buddist takes to achieve peace and enlightenment?
This is the job of a samurai, and how he becomes a samurai.
What is fighting wars, and inheriting the position?
This is what we call a form of poetry having 17 syllables in three lines.
What is a haiku?
This is a type of Buddhism developed in Japan that emphasizes meditation and thoughtful tasks as the way to peace.
What is Zen Buddhism?
These are why the Mongol invasions of Japan failed.
What are fierce storms that destroyed the Mongol ships sent to attack?
This particular practice was NOT borrowed from China or Korea.
What is the shinto religion?
This is the title given to a great general, the strongest military leader in feudal Japan.
What is shogun?
This is what we call the worshipping of godss or spirits associated with nature.
What is Shinto?
This is the topic that haikus usually dealt with.
What is nature?
This is how Japan's government was different after the last shogun lost power.
What is having an interest in the world beyond Japan?