Japan's geography
Surrounded on all sides by water, the country of Japan forms this type of land mass
What is an island?
This was the name for Japan's elite warriors who fought for the Daimyo's
What is Samurai?
The group of people that the Samurai worked for was this
What are the Daimyo
The size of Japan's land coverage is about equal to this American state
What is California?
By 1900, many Japanese Americans worked in these.
What are California’s farm fields?
The Japanese islands have very little flat areas because most of the land looks like this
What is mountainous?
This group of people did all the hard work. It was also the largest group by far
What are peasants?
In 1562, Japan was experiencing this, which lasted for many years.
What is civil war (or constant fighting between warlords)?
The size of Japan's population is about this much larger than California's population
What is 4 times more?
This event led the U.S. to declare war on Japan.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Because they have so little flat land for farming, the Japanese people have relied traditionally on this for food
What is the sea?
The name of the military ruler in Japan was this
What is Shogun?
the group of people that the ninja would fight was this
What is Samurai (or Daimyo)?
The type of religion most Japanese practiced in feudal times
This weapon was used by the U.S. to end the war with Japan.
What is the atomic bomb?
This ocean borders Japan.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This group in Japan had relatively more rights than in other places because they were allowed to divorce
What are women
Ninjas avoided this because it made them easier to see at night.
What is a full moon?
The name for the special sword the samurai would carry was this
What is Katana?
President Roosevelt ordered this action against Japanese Americans during WWII
What is the removal/relocation of Japanese Americans to concentration camps?
The geographical reason why Japan was influenced more by China more than any other civilization
This belief system influenced samurai values like loyalty and respect.
What is Confucianism?
The Japanese honor code that Samurai were supposed to follow was this
What is Bushido?
Based on the video from last week, The type of weapons ninja would use was this
What is anything! String, tools, anything
This man refused to go to the camps and took his case to court.
Who is Fred Korematsu?