The Rise of an Empire
Separation from others.
What is Isolation?
Eight steps a Buddhist takes to achieve peace and enlightenment.
What is the "Eightfold Path"?
This social class ranked lowest in feudal Japan.
What is a peasant?
What is a haiku?
This new object brought by Portuguese trade ships changed Japanese warfare.
What is the musket?
This term is used to describe nations that border the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Pacific Rim?
A type of Buddhism developed in Japan that emphasizes meditation and thoughtful tasks as the away to peace.
What is Zen Buddhism?
This military ruler also had politica power.
What is a shogun?
Haiku usually deal with this topic.
What is nature?
The Mongol invasion of Japan failed for this reason.
What are fierce storms?
A person of the upper or noble class whose status is usually inheritated.
What is an Aristocrat?
This is something the Japanese did not borrow from Korea or China.
What is the Shinto religion?
These lords ruled over large portions of land.
What was the daimyo?
This popular, traditional Japanese dramas with singing and dancing was considered too common for the samurai.
What is Kabuki?
This man forced Japan to sign a trade treaty.
Who is Commodore Matthew Perry?
The geography of Japan can best be described as this located here.
What are four large and thousands of small islands located east of Korea?
This religion focuses on gentle and fierce aspects of nature.
What is the Shinto religion?
A code of values for warriors.
What was Bushido?
This type of theater was seen as more fitting for the upper classes.
What is Noh?
This was formed after the last shogun was removed from power.
What is a new government?
The people of Japan granted their emperor great honor and power because they believed this.
What is related to the sun goddess?
According to Buddha, a person can achieve peace by doing this.
What is overcoming feelings of desire?
This position was inherited?
What is a samurai?
This young samurai became a master of the haiku.
Who was Basho?
With the end of feudalism, the Japanese adopted a new attitude about the world with this statement.
What is "knowledge shall be sought throughout the world."?