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Japan is an example of a geographic form called an archipelago. What is an archipelago"
What is a chain of islands
100

Who worked the land for the landowner.  This group of people made up 90 percent of Japan

Who is a peasant?

100
Considered the "soul of the Samurai"
What is his/her SWORD
100
Kanji were borrowed from China. What is/are kanji
What is the Chinese system of ideographic and pictographic WRITING?
100

What do you call the spirits in natural things

kami

200
The main island of Japan is . . . .
What is HONSHU ?
200
Though considered a god on earth this Japanese leader has very often been merely a figurehead
What is the EMPEROR?
200
if disgraced, or in some untenable situation, a samurai may resort to this form of ritual suicide
What is SEPPUKU or HARA KIRI ?
200

Japanese paper folding

What is origami

200

Who was the emperor during the World War Two?

Hirohito

300
Japan has been influenced by her neighboring countries Name one . . .
What are CHINA or KOREA
300
the supreme military head of Japan, and usually the REAL head of the Japanese government bears this title
What is the SHOGUN?
300
the Samurai code of conduct stressing, honor, loyalty, sacrifice, and simplicity
What is BUSHIDO
300
Initially what did KAMI KAZE literally mean?
What is DIVINE or Spirit WIND?
300

What brought the United States into World War Two?

The Attack of Pearl Harbor

400
Because of its geographic location, Japan has often been called the land of . . . . .
What is the RISING SUN?
400

These local large landowners ruled under the Shogun's direction

Who were the DAIMYOs

400

Samurai and Knights both fought on ______________

What is horse?

400
the native animist religion of Japan focusing on the spirits of nature and the influence of ancestors
What is SHINTO?
400

Japanese poetic form that consists of three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third.

What is a haiku

500

Beside Honshu, name any other island of Japan . . .

What are KYUSHU, SHIKOKU, HOKKAIDO, OKINAWA, RYUKU, KIRILE, SAKHALIN

500

s the relationship between lords and vassals where land ownership and its use were exchanged for military service and loyalty 

What is feudalism

500

Samurai practiced this tradition of combat along with the Zen Buddhism

marital arts

500
the form of Buddhism favored by samurai warriors which taught self-control, mental discipline and spiritual focus
What is ZEN?
500

shiny red and black coating painted on decorative wood art

What is lacquer