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Vocabulary-Guess the Word
Vocabulary-Guess the Definition
Fill in the Blank
100
Sports that involve combat and self-defense
What is martial arts?
100
Sect
A smaller religious group
100
Zen Buddhists practiced __________, in which they sat motionless for hours and cleared their minds.
What is meditation?
200
The oldest type of Japanese play (with the funny masks)
What is Noh?
200
Martial arts
sports that involve combat and self-defense
200
One sect of Japanese Buddhism was called Pure _______ Buddhism.
What is Pure Land Buddhism?
300
A smaller religious group
What is a sect?
300
Tanka
A poem with five lines that does not rhyme
300
Some people believe that "The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu is the world's first ________.
What is novel?
400
A type of poem that does not rhyme and has five lines
What is a tanka?
400
Noh
The oldest type of Japanese play
400
During the shogun period, most Japanese were _________ who remained poor.
What are farmers?
500
A group of artisans and merchants that come together to protect their profits
What is a guild?
500
Guild
A group of of artisans and merchants that come together to protect their profits.
500
When did upper-class Japanese women lose the freedoms they had enjoyed earlier?
After Prince Shotoku when Japan became a warrior society.