Geography
This is what a chain of islands is called.
What is an archipelago?
A military government ruled by a shogun.
What is a shogunate?
This is the belief that everything has a spririt.
What is animism?
The Japanese got many ideas from a neighboring country.
What is China?
A poem with 3 lines and 17 syllables.
What is haiku?
There are two nearby countries to the west of Japan.
What are Korea and China?
The government of Japan was divided in two. One of them was the emperor.
What is a shogun?
This is the main religion of early Japan.
What is Shinto.
This class is the equivalent to the knight class in medieval Europe.
What is a samurai?
Jimmu, a Yamato leader, had a nickname.
What was "emperor of heaven"?
This is the largest island in Japan.
What is Honshu?
These court officials governed for the emperors during medieval Japan.
What is a regent?
Shrines and temples were built to practice these two religions.
What are Buddhism and Shinto?
The Japanese admire this form of art that used writing.
What is caligraphy?
Knights in medieval Europe followed their code of conduct, chivalry. The samurai also had this.
What is Bushido?
The sea west of Japan.
What is the Sea of Japan/East Sea?
Japan divided into small territories under this shogunate.
What was the Ashikaga shogunate?
Buddhism formed into many sects, or small groups. One sect taught that people could find peace through self-control.
What is Zen Buddhism?
Many people believe this was the world's first novel.
What is The Tale of Genji?
Japan's oldest form of poetry.
What is tanka?
Name all four of the main islands of Japan.
What are Kyoto, Shikoku, Hokkaido, and Honshu?
This commander gained the title of shogun from the emperor during 1192.
Who was Minamoto Yoritomo?
These were created outside buildings to create a feeling of peace.
What is a garden?
The Yayoi brought three skills to Japan. Two were farming and weaving.
What is metal making?
Japan's oldest type of play.
What is Noh?