Japan
Japan 2
Early Medieval Europe
Early Medieval Europe 2
Later Medieval Europe
100
This style of Japanese drama combines song and dance with elaborate costumes and make up.
What is Kabuki?
100
A form of Japanese poetry that consists of 17 syllables writen in three lines of 5,7, and 5 syllables.
What is a Haiku?
100
a period of European history that began with the fall of the Roman Empire and lasted almost 1000 years.
What is the Middle Ages
100
the main part of a noble land
What is a manor?
100

Religious Leader of the Catholic Church 

The Pope 

200
This sect of Buddhism focused on inner peace and meditation.
What is Zen?
200
Because of Japan's rugged terraine it had a lack of____________ which helped lead Japan into feudalism.
What is Farmland?
200
Frankish leader that built an empire stronger that any since ancient Rome.
Who is Charlemagne?
200
a knight's code of honor which focuses on bravery, courtesy, protection of the the weak and loyalty
What is chivalry?
200

Office of the Pope

Papacy 

300
The traditional Japanese religion based on respect for ancestors and nature
What is Shinto?
300
The unwritten code of honor by which samurai lived that called for honor, loyalty, and bravery.
What is Bushido?
300
A political and social system of the Middle Ages in which powerful nobles gave land to lesser nobles in exchange for service and loyalty.
What is feudalism?
300

First Norman King of England 

William the Conqueror 

300
People given priestly authority by the Roman Catholic Church.
Who are Clergy ?
400
Term for an official apppointed to rule in place of a child who has succeeded the throne
What is a Regent?
400
She was one of Japan's finest writers who wrote what is considered to be the first important novel.
Who is Lady Murasaki Shikibu?
400
Peasants who lived and worked on the land belongingto a lord or vassal.
What is serf?
400

Document written to limit the monarch's power. 

Magna Carta 

400

Military expeditions between Christians and Muslims the 11th and 13th centuries.

What is the Crusades?

500
He was a very important regent to Japan. He introduced Chinese culture and helped Buddism to spread throughout Japan.
Who is Prince Shotoku?
500
This was the title given to military leaders who were the actual rulers of Japan; it means "Supreme Commander of the army"
What is Shogun?
500
Lessor nobles who recieved land and protection in exchange for their loyalty and service.
Who are vassals
500
This is a long poem that usually talkks about warriors and heroes
What is epic poetry?
500
The Battle that William the Conqueror defeated Harold Godwinson in. 

Battle of Hastings. 

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