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Land of the Rising Sun
Age of The Emperors
The Development
of Feudalism
Japan Under the Shogun
100
What is an archipelago?
What is a chain of islands?
100
What is the main island of Japan?
Is Honshu the main island of japan?
100
Under who did each clan worshiped its own local kami?
Under Shinto each clan worshiped its own ___.
100
What were the two new capitals of Japan
Where were Nara and Chang' an capitals of?
100
What were the two ideals that guided the samurai warriors of Japan had?
The two ideals: personal honor and loyalty to one's lord guided whom?
200
What is a mainland?
What is the major land area of a continent?
200
What are the four main islands that make up of the Japanese archipelago?
What are the islands Hokkaido,Honshu,Shikoku and Kyushu to Japan?
200
Where was kami founded in?
What was founded in naturual objects such as mountains or trees?
200
What did Nara not have that Chang' an had for defense?
Who did not have a defensive wall?
200
What was one way of personal honor?
Riding into a battle a samurai would shout out his name and family what was its reason?
300
What is a bushido?
What was a strict code of conduct that guided the behavior of samurai?
300
What has always been an important symbol for the Japanese people?
To whom is Mount Fuji's beauty a symbol to?
300
What did Shinto myths explain?
What explained hot Japan came to be ruled by an emperor?
300
What was the warrior's code called?
Bushido is what to a warrior?
400
Who was the first ambitious leaders who managed to end the constant warfare?
Who is Oda Nobunaga?
400
Where did the first settlers in Japan came from?
The first settlers in _____ came from the mainland of Asia.
400
Who was the young leader in 593 and what did he take from Japan?
The young leader know as Prince Shotoku in ___ took power in _____?
400
Why didn't Nara have a defensive wall?
Why didn't Nara have a ____ because they felt protected from external enemies by sea?
400
Why would a samurai have to live and die with a sword in hand?
A sign to loyalty for one's lord was to ________________.
500
What is feudalism
What is a social system in which lords grant people land or other rewards in exchange for military service?
500
In about what time did the Japanese began to borrow the Chinese writing system?
Who began to borrow the Chinese writing system in about A.D 500?
500
What did Shotoku believed that could help unify his country?
Who believed that Confucianism could help unify his/her country?
500
What did aristocrats in Nara spent generously on?
Who spent generously on Buddhist temples and monasteries in Nara?
500
When did the Khan sent an armada?
In November 1274 the ____ sent an armada.