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Japan is located off the Eastern Coast of this continent.
What is Asia
The main religion/way of life of Japan
What is Shinto?
This form of Japanese Poetry involves counting syllables and only takes up 3 lines.
What is Haiku?
The first Empress of Japan.
Who was Suiko?
Japan is this type of geological land form.
What is an archipelago?
According to one religion of Japan, these are the spirits of Japan that inhabit everything
What are Kami?
This form of Japanese Theater involves actors wearing masks and minimal props.
What is Noh?
A ruling leader of a wealthy family over a chunk of land in Japan.
What is a diamyo?
Japan is located on the edge of a group of tectonic plates called this
What is the Ring of Fire?
According to one religion of Japan, spirits live here.
What are on top of mountains?
This form of Japanese Theater involves actors wearing makeup and very ornate props and decorations.
What is Kabuki?
The elite warriors of Japan, who swore their allegiance to the landowners in exchange for money and land.
Who are the Samurai?
Which four natural events does Japan have to worry about?
Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis, Typhoons
This addition to Buddhism focuses on meditation and minimalists lifestyles.
What is Zen?
This form of Japanese Painting was discussed in class. We watched a cherry blossom branch being painted.
What is watercolor?
The Way of the Warrior
What is Bushido?
These are Japan's closest neighbors, where they will get a lot of their cultural influence from.
Who are China and Korea?
This hobby is popular in the form Zen Buddhism
What is gardening?
This type of gardening involves the raking of small rocks into unique and satisfying patterns.
What is Zen gardening?
The name Japan comes from the Chinese word "Nippon" which means....
What is "Land of the Rising Sun"?