Geography
Rulers
Other
Popular Culture
Social Classes
100
The Ring of Fire surrounds Japan which is a narrow zone with active what?
What is volcanoes
100
Who was considered the supreme ruler of Japan?
What is the emperor
100
What is the largest city in Japan during the 18th century?
What is Edo
100
Although they were highly respected for their singing and dancing and their appearance reflected the cultural values of Japan, this group was still considered to be non-human
What is Geishas
100
This social class had jobs related to death of animals or humans, such as tanning hides or removing corpses
What is Outcasts (Eta)
200
The closest foreign countries to Japan in the West and to the North are?
What is South Korea and Russia
200
Although the emperor was considered the supreme ruler, the real power and authority was with the?
What is the shogun
200
The three main metropolises in Japan during the Edo period were called?
What is Edo, Kyoto and Osaka
200

What types of books were banned the longest?

Religious Texts

200
According to the hierarchical social class system, the samurai were next in line after the ____________?
What is the Shogun
300
Japan's most northern island is called?
What is Hokkaido
300

What is the title of the 3 who brought Japan from disorganized fiefs to being under central rule?

What is the 3 unifiers 

300
As the cities grew, the merchant class became wealthier and the samurai turned their energies to things other than war, the _____________ of Japan began to change.
What is popular culture
300
What form of poetry consists of three lines of five, seven and five syllables?
What is a Haiku
300
The samurai followed a code of behaviour called the what? Hint -- Starts with a B....
What is the Bushido, or way of the warrior
400
Japan is composed of how many large and small islands? (Hint - not the 4 main ones)
What is 3000
400
Which Shogun was finally able to unify Japan?
What is Tokugawa Ieyasu
400

What is alternate attendance

A Tokugawa Shogunate policy that required daimyo (or provincial lords) to divide their time between the capital of their own domain and the shogun's capital city of Edo (Tokyo)

400
Because it was mass produced, what was not initially considered an art form?
What is Woodblock images
400
What held a privileged position just below that of the samurai in the hierarchical social class?
What is Farmers
500

The closed country edict was set out to control interaction between Japan and foreigners. What group was still allowed to stay?

The Dutch

500

The role of the samurai changed during the Edo period from esteemed warrior to?

What is civil administrator/bureaucrat

500

What resource is the most important at the time? You need to support your answer 

Rice

- Main food source 

- used as currency  

500
What are the names of the two popular theatres in Edo Japan?
What is the Kabuki theatre and the Banraku theatre
500
Name all seven social classes in hierarchical order.
Shogun Samurai Farmers Artisans Merchants Outcasts (Eta) Non-Humans (Hinin)
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