Geography
Japan is ______, a chain of islands
What is an archipelago?
A group of people with a common ancestor.
What is a clan?
Someone who governs in the name of someone who can't rule (maybe because of age...)
What is a regent?
The Capital City in 794.
What is Heian (Modern day Kyoto)?
A social system in which landowners gave people land in exchange for military service.
What is feudalism?
The region of volcanoes and earthquakes that surrounds Japan.
What is the Ring of Fire?
A holy being that represents an ancestor, a nature spirit, or a sacred place.
What is a kami?
Shotoku unified Japan through_________.
What is Buddhism?
Japan's imperial court was based on ________, not the civil service exams.
What is nobility?
In the 1400s, this group was responsible for protecting the peasants.
Who were the daimyo?
What is fish?
Primarily known for their pottery, they lived by hunting and fishing.
Who were the Jomon?
Shotoku's code that outlined the morals expected of the Japanese people.
Behind the scenes, this family was ruling between 860 and 1160 while the emperor was only a figurehead.
Who were the Fujiwara?
Two values guided this code___________, personal honor and loyalty to one's lord.
What was bushido?
Korea and China.
What are Japan's neighbors?
They introduced growing rice in irrigated fields.
Who were the Yayoi?
Shotoku sent representatives to _________ to learn about the arts and sciences.
What is China?
These clans worked together to push the Fujiwara out of power.
Who were the Minamoto and Taira?
In 1281, the Japanese samurais prayed for this "wind of the gods" that created a typhoon and defeated Mongol and Chinese invaders.
What is kamikaze?
Japan is made up of_______.
What are islands?
Women in this clan were responsible for communicating with the spirits.
Who were the Yamato?
The major reform movement started in 646.
What is the Takai Reform?
In 1185, this warrior became the first shogun of Japan.
Who was Minamoto Yoritomo?
The last shogun-led government fell after this country arrived and forced Japan to accept trade.
What is America?