Culture
The art of writing beautifully
Caligraphy
The crop that Japan based their agriculture on.
Rice
Name one of the religions popular in Japan.
Buddhism and Shintoism
What geographic feature provided natural barriers between clans.
Mountains
The warrior class of Japan
Samurai
The Japanese adopted their writing from this country.
China
Buddhism came over from this country.
China
What is Japans most common natural disaster.
Earthquakes
Who was the lowest class in Japanese society.
Merchants
The diary of Sei Shonagon reflecting on her court life.
The Pillow Book
Samurai were paid in this "currency".
Rice
The native Japanese Shinto beliefs were shaped by the islands frequency for these events.
Natural Disasters
Japan, due to their geography, relied on maritime trade, and frequently had run ins with these groups on the high seas.
Pirates
The true rulers of Japan.
Shogun
Nature
The Japanese were heavily reliant on trade with these two countries.
Korea and China
Shinto focused on the worship of this.
Nature
What percentage of Japan is covered by Mountains.
70%
The feudal lords who served under the shogun were known as
Daiymo
A style of Japanese poetry organized in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables.
Haiku
Name one of the items Japan received from China or Korea.
Cotton, Ginseng, copper coins, silk, Porcelain
Overtime the two dominant religions blended together. This was known as (starts with an S)
Syncretism.
Japan is located along the pacific fault line in this region named for it's many volcanoes.
(Pacific) Ring of Fire
What's one reason the feudal system lasted so long in japan?