Geography
Government
Samurai
Arts
Religion & Culture
100
How the Japanese islands formed.
What is 'volcanoes and earthquakes?'
100
What is a clan?
extended family
100
These warriors were often given land in exchange for protection.
samurai
100

Kabuki actors put this on their faces to represent their characters 

What is makeup?

100

Types of food in the Japanese diet

What is seafood and rice?

200
Japan's highest mountain
What is Mount Fuji?
200
Why was Japan isolated from Korea and China in ancient times?
It was separated by the sea.
200

3 Weapons of the Samurai

What is the sword, bow/arrow, and spear?

200

type of Japanese theater, appealed to nobles; it is serious and subtle

What is Noh?

200
These two neighboring countries influenced Japan's written language, philosophy, and a new religion.
China & Korea
300
Most people in Japan live near...
The Coast/sea
300

Land-owners, the nobles

daimyo

300

The meaning of Samurai

What is 'to serve'?

300

type of Japanese theater; appealed to farmers and common folks; it is loud and eccentric

What is Kabuki?

300
The religion that came to Japan from China (through Korea).
Buddhism
400

A region of volcanoes and earthquakes

What is the Ring of Fire?

400

powerful Japanese military leaders who ruled medieval Japan; they had more power than emperor

What are shoguns?
400
The samurai 'code of conduct'
bushido
400

Japanese puppet theater

What is bunraku?

400
Japan's traditional ('homemade') religion
Shinto
500

Japan's nickname

What is 'land of the rising sun'?

500

A strict social system in which landowners grant people land or other rewards in exchange for military service or labor

What is Feudalism

500
Losing a fight, disobeying an order, or failing to protect his lord were all ways in which a samurai could...
lose his honor
500

Japanese borrowed architecture from what country?

What is China?

500

Japanese used this to print text

What is woodblocking?

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