Korea
Korea is in between what two countries?
China, Japan
Who began Shinto?
No one knows
The Yamato clan said they were descendants of the ___________.
sun goddess
In Japanese feudalism, who did the samurai serve?
lord
landowner
The name of Japan's largest island.
Honshu
In shamanism, who is able to communicate with spirits?
shaman
Name two things where you find kami.
nature, animals
Jimmu
What did the samurai wear that was meant to scare his enemy?
mask
What could an underwater earthquake create?
tsunami
Because of its location, Korea borrowed many ideas from what country?
China
What place do people pray to kami?
shrine
A prince named Shotoku admired which culture?
China
What term matches this definition--way of the warrior?
Bushido
A group of islands is called an ____________.
archipelago
Why were warships called turtle ships?
Covered with iron plates
What do people walk through to step onto holy ground in Shinto?
torii gate
Shotoku created a plan for government called a _________.
constitution
What type of storm sank Mongol ships trying to attack Japan?
typhoon
Since the Japanese struggled to feed themselves on land, they _______________.
turned to fishing
Name two Korean inventions besides the turtle ship.
Celadon pottery
Hand grenade
Rocket launcher
Rainfall measurement tool
Observatory
Hangul alphabet
Define animism.
The belief that spirits live in nature and animals
Shotoku was a regent because he ruled in place of ___________.
his aunt
a younger emperor
The name of the storm and the Japanese pilots that attacked enemy ships.
kamikaze
Japan's first shogun.
Yoritomo