Geography
Buddhism
Shinto
Feudal System
Miscellaneous
100

A windy storm with heavy rain (hurricane).

What is a typhoon?

100

This Japanese religion originated in India and focuses on enlightenment

What is Buddhism?

100

This Japanese religion worship Gods and spirits associated with Nature.

What is Shinto?

100

The figurehead in Feudal Japan.

Who is the Emperor?

100

This national symbol has a red circle with a white background

What is the Japanese flag?

200

A large wave caused by an earthquake originating in the ocean.

What is a tsunami?

200

The symbol for the Eightfold Path

What is the Dharma Wheel?

200

Shinto believers worship their Gods here

What is a shrine?

200

The supreme military leader

Who is Shogun?

200

Japanese currency

What is yen?

300

A chain of islands

What is an archipelago?

300

All life, from birth to death, is filled with this.

What is suffering?

300

The spirits in Nature are known as ...

What is kami?

300

A fierce Japanese warrior

Who is a Samurai?

300

The capital of Japan

Tokyo

400

Intersecting on Japan, these cause frequent earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcano activity. Include how many in your answer.

What are four tectonic plates?

400

People achieve this when they have no desire or suffering

What is Enlightenment? 

400

The Shinto religion is not based on rules, but on...

What are ceremonies?

400

Values guiding every Samurai's life

What is the Bushido Code?

400

This person is the only one allowed to wear a sword.

What is a Samurai?

500

The horseshoe shaped area around the Pacific Ocean that has major volcanic and earthquake activity

What is the Ring of Fire?

500

People believe they find happiness through meditation, tea ceremonies, and martial arts

What is Zen Buddhism?

500

Rituals begin with this type of ceremony

What are washing ceremonies? - "cleanliness is next to Godliness"

500

People who trained warriors

Who are the Daimyo?

500

A three line form of Japanese poetry which focuses on nature

What is haiku?

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