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100

This person, despite not being the emperor, was seen as the real leader due to him having control of the military. 

What is Shogun?

100

What is feudalism?

A political, economic, and social system based on loyalty

100

Name for a group of skilled ancient Japanese warriors trained in hand-to-hand combat primarily with a sword.

Who are samurai?

100

These two countries directly influenced japan.

What is China and Korea?

100

This age was defined by the caveman, but saw the introduction of new tools which marked the very beginning of industrialization.

What is the Stone Age?

200

How did the shoguns come to power?

The clans continued to fight leading to the emperor struggling to maintain control.

200

What is normally exchanged in Feudalism?

what is loyalty? 

200

This code called for the samurai to have qualities of honor, bravery, and courage.

What is Bushido?

200

This religion came to Japan about 400 CE after originating in India and coming through both China and Korea.

What is Buddhism?

200

I come before the end and tell what my whole is about. what am I?

What is the subject?

300

How did the shoguns gain power over the samurais?

The Shogun began giving land in exchange for loyalty to lords. These lords gave land to their Samurai to control the land.

300

What did the samurai receive in return for their service to the shogun?

What is land and a title?
300

This person was the commander of the samurai and held the real power in Japan.

Who are Shoguns?

300

This physical barrier made it hard for Japan to be visited in ancient Japan due to how dangerous this barrier was to cross.

What is the sea of Japan?

300

I make up you. I am invisible unless looked at real close. What am I?

What are Cells?

400

This clan came to power in 400 CE and led eventually to the shoguns coming to authority and power.

Who are the Yaomoto Clan?

400
What was the reason for the system of feudalism in Japan?

What is the fight for land?

400

This was seen as the ultimate dishonor for a samurai to do and would lead to his death.

What is surrender?

400

This country coined the phrase "land of the rising sun" when talking about Japan.

what is China?

400

A grandmother, two mothers, and two daughters went to a baseball game together and bought one ticket each. How many tickets did they buy in total?

Three tickets.

Explanation: the grandmother is also a mother and the second mother is also a daughter.

500

Who was the first shogun?

, Minamoto Yorimoto

500

Which group didn't  really have a place in Japanese feudalism?

who are the peasants?

500

This was a ritual form of suicide in which the samurai would painfully cut his abdomen.

What is Seppuku? 

500

A country that does not interact with its neighbors or looks to remain separate is considered this. 

What is Isolationism?

500

If a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs will half a dozen hens lay in half a dozen days?

What is two dozen?