Samurai
Japan
Writing,Literature, and Influence
Training
Definitions
100

The code that samurai followed.

What is The Code of Bushido?

100

Shogun promises Daimyos ______ in exchange for loyalty.

What is land?

100

The art of beautiful writing.

What is calligraphy?

100

Samurai were said to develop a ______ sense.

What is sixth?

100

Someone who fought in Japan.

What is a samurai?

200

Women were allowed to be samurai at a time. (yes or no)

What is yes?

200

How many forms of Buddhism were there.

What is 2? (Shinto and Buddhist)

200

What did Samurai have to be educated in?

What is writing and literature?

200

A tip/trick that was taught to samurai when they were afraid of dying.

What is to think of yourself as already dead?

200

Bushido translates to this.

What is the way of the warrior?

300

This was not a part of a samurai's armor.

What is a shield?

300

The system of running the government that Japan used.

What is the feudal system?

300

 A type of Japanese poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.

What is haiku?

300

Name a piece of armor Samurai trained and fought with.

What is a (possible answers>>) iron mask, helmet, panels of armor, a lacquer-coated metal plates?

300

The leader of the military.

What is a Shogun?

400

Used by the samurai to form political alliances.

What is the tea ceremony?

400

The time period we are studying in ancient Japan.

What is The Heian Period?

400

Samurai in Japan are often compared to ______ in Europe's feudal system?

What is knights?

400

Samurai were taught _______   _____ in case their sword broke during battle.

What is martial arts?

400

A samurai without a master.

What is a Ronin?

500

Name two things a samurai would do before a battle?

What is (possible answers>>) have a messenger determine the place and time of the battle, shout out names of their ancestors and heroic deeds, shout their name, find an opponent that was matched in rank?

500

How did the government of Japan change in 1603.

What is the capital was moved and/or the samurai ideal of life came to full power?

500

Name 1 influence that is felt in modern-day Japan.

What is (possible answers>>) Japanese people who fought in World War II stayed true to the Samurai Code, people around the world study martial arts, people continue to write haiku.

500

Name a weapon that samurai trained and fought with.

What is a bow, an arrow, or a spear?

500

A famous woman samurai.

What is Tomoe Gozen?

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