Korea: History and Culture
Early Japan
Vocabulary Words
Medieval Japan 1
Medieval Japan 2
100

Korea is an example of this type of land form.

What is a peninsula?

100

Japan's landform is an example of an ________________, which is a chain of islands.

What is an archipelago?

100

This word means "separated" or "far away".

What is 'isolated'?

100

These were the warriors who wore armor, fought on horseback, and agreed to fight for nobles.

Who were the samurai?

100

These are Japanese sports that involved combat and self-defense.

What are martial arts?

200

Koreans adopted what 2 spiritual traditions from China 

What are Buddhism & Confucianism 

200

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu are the names of Japan's four largest ________________.

What are islands?

200

This word means castle in Japanese.

What is Jo

200

This title means commander of the military forces.

What is 'shogun'?

200

Japan's form of poetry was known as this.

What is Haiku? 

300

Korean is located between these two countries.

What are Japan and China?

300

The early Japanese believed in this idea, in which humans, animals, plants, rocks, and rivers have spirits called.

What is Kami?

300

This word means "hard work", typically of a physical sort.

What is 'labor'?

300

In the year 794, the capital city of Japan was moved from Nara to a new city called Heian-kyo, which later became known as this.

What is Kyoto?

300

Groups of artisans and merchants began to live in these to protect their jobs and increase their earnings.

What are guilds?

400

The Goryeo, Baekje, and Silla are the names of these.

What are the Three Kingdoms?

400
The animist beliefs developed into this religion, which means "way of the spirits".

What is Shinto?

400

period of early medieval Japanese history 

Heian 

400

This pyramid-like social system placed the emperor on the top and the peasants at the bottom.

What is feudalism?

400

Lady Murasaki Shikibu wrote a diary and more than 120 poems, along with this famous story about the romances and adventures of a Japanese prince.

What is "The Tale of Genji"?

500

These people conquered Balhae and drove the Koreans south.

Who were the Khitan Liao Dynasty?

500

In the 500s, this religion reached Japan from Korea.

What is Buddhism?

500

This word in Japanese means lord.

What is 'Daimyo'?

500

This branch of Buddhism is known for its practice of meditation, in which monks sit cross-legged and motionless.

What is Zen?

500

Many aspects of Japanese culture, including science, religion, and philosophy, were influences by these people.

Who were the Chinese?