Geography
DAILY DOUBLE: Japanese three-line poetry
What is Haiku?
Had no power in Government
Who is the emporer?
Chinese characters
What is the origin of the Japanese alphabet?
Japan's unique religion
What is Shinto?
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?
generals who ruled medieval Japan
Who were the shoguns?
Taking ideas from another culture and blending it with your own
What is cultural diffusion?
Pagoda
What is a Japanese temple?
Had lots of freedom and worked in the fields
What is a peasant woman?
A hereditary role passed from father to son
What is a samurai?
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?
An island nation
What is an archipelago?
These women were trained not for battle but to defend their homes.
What are Samurai women?
The samurai 'code of conduct'
What is "bushido?"
a system where land would be granted to a warrior or peasant in exchange for their service and loyalty
What is fuedalism?
Spirits that live in natural things