Places
What three nations forced trade with Japan?
United States, Russia, France
What is the emperor mostly considered?
A figurehead
What are the steps called to achieve peace and enlightenment?
Eightfold Path
What did the ruling class think of merchants?
They only bought and sold goods; did not create anything; lower class
Religion where people worshiped nature gods/spirits
Shinto
We use this term for a nation that borders a specific ocean
Pacific Rim
How did a Japanese man become a samurai?
He inherited the position
How does a person achieve peace?
Overcoming feelings of desire
A person of inherited upper class status
Aristocrat
This is a popular drama with singing and dancing
Kabuki
The capital of Japan
Tokyo
Who made military and political decisions?
Shogun
What is the symbol for the Eightfold Path?
Dharma wheel
Who were the daimyo?
Regional warlords who took care of the land and ruled the peasants
Name two natural disasters that occur in Japan
Typhoon; earthquake; volcano
What fishing village eventually became the chief city in Kyushu?
Nagasaki
The Japanese held out on foreign trade for centuries. Yet, what were the Japanese eventually forced to sign?
A trade treaty
Who was the founder of Buddhism?
Siddhartha Gautama
Young samurai who became a master of haiku?
Basho
Who lived by "the way of the warrior," and what is it called?
Samurai; Bushido
What was Tokyo called in the 1600's?
Edo
What commodore in the US Navy shares a name with a cast member on Friends?
Matthew Perry
What does Buddhism teach?
Open mindedness and enlightenment
What family identified themselves as descendants of Amaterasu?
The Yamatos
Describe a haiku
Poem with seventeen syllables in three lines