Japan Review

Social Classes

100

Highest class in Japan, passed down in families, no real responsibilities 

Emperor 

200

Warrior class

Samurai 

300

Class that is in charge of ruling Japan

Shogun 

400

One step below the shogun, rule parts of the country

Daimyo 

500

Lowest farming class

peasants 

Geography of Japan

100

Japan is geographically an _______________

Island 

200

Highest point in Japan

Mount Fuji 

300

Korea is a 

Peninsula 

400

Describe the climate of Japan

Mainland islands experience four seasons, south is more tropical 

500

Name one of the islands in Japan

Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Okinawa, Shikoku, etc

Cities & Periods

100

Capitol of Japan today, largest city in the world

Tokyo 

200

Capitol of Japan before Tokyo

Kyoto 

300

Historical name for Tokyo

Edo 

400

Period in Japan before the Samurai

Heian Period 

500

System in which daimyo rule parts of shoguns nation, Samurai defend daimyo's territory, ect.

Feudalism 

Figures

100

Renames Tokyo, begins shogunate that lasts for a century

Tokugawa Ieyasu

200

Unifies Japan through guns

Oda Nobunaga 

300

Begins the period of the Samurai 

Minamoto no Yoritomo

400

Korean King that unifies the country

Sejong the Great 

500

Belief is that this family from the heavens  

Emperors (royal family)

Japanese Culture

100

3 line poem, 5-7-5

Haiku

200

Japanese Comics, read back to front

Manga 

300

Common beverage in Japan that had its own ceremony

Tea

400

Japanese Cartoons

Anime 

500

Name of Samurai sword

Katana