Geography
A large extended family
What is clan?
DAILY DOUBLE: Japanese three-line poetry
What is Haiku?
the number of major islands in Japan
What is 4?
Had no power in Government
Who is the emporer?
Noble land-owners and warlords
Who were the daimyo?
characters copied from China to form the basis of Japanese writing
What are kana?
Japan's unique religion
What is Shintoism?
Two neighboring countries that influenced Japan
What are China and Korea?
This prince reformed Japan and created a government copied from China
Who was Prince Shotoku?
supreme military leader in medieval Japan
Who were the shoguns?
Taking ideas from another culture and blending it with your own
What is cultural diffusion?
the name for a Japanese temple
What is a Pagoda?
Had more freedom than noblewomen but could only work in the fields
What is peasant women?
A large area of land where peasants worked for the Daimyo and were protected by Samurai
What is an estate?
two geographic features that influenced they way people lived
What are the mountains and the ocean?
The type of Buddhism that focuses on peace through everyday activities and meditation.
What is Zen Buddhism?
The continent Japan belongs to
What is Asia?
These women were trained not for battle but to defend their homes.
What are Samurai women?
The samurai 'code of conduct'
What is "bushido?"
the country that influenced the design of Japanese buidings and cities
What is China?
Spirits that live in natural things