GEOGRAPHY
Cultural Adaptations
HEIAN KYO
SAMURAI
FAMOUS FIGURES
100
This ocean is east of Japan.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
100
This is the practice of adapting from other cultures and putting your own twist on it.
What is cultural diffusion?
100
This family controlled Japan for over 300 years without actually being official rulers.
Who were the Fujiwara family?
100
This was the main function of the samurai in Japan.
What are warriors?
100
This Japanese leader ordered her nephew to go to the mainland to get good ideas.
Who is Empress Suiko?
200
This continent is closest to Japan.
What is Asia?
200
Many ideas from the Asian mainland got to Japan via this country.
What is Korea?
200
To be considered beautiful in the Heian Kyo Period, women must have these traits. (Name one.)
What are long hair, black teeth, rosebud lips, high foreheads, and eyebrows drawn way above their eyes?
200
This was the samurai's most prized possession.
What was his sword?
200
This Prince helped Japan enrich its culture by bringing new ideas from India, China, and Korea.
Who is Prince Shotoku?
300
These landforms make up the country of Japan.
What are islands?
300
This religion heavily influenced Japan after the emperor received a statue of the Buddha from Korea.
What is Buddhism?
300
The game of kemari was played by these medieval Japanese people.
What are courtiers?
300
Samurai would often meditate and repeat this phrase to prepare for combat.
What is "I am already dead"?
300
Emperor Kammu moved the capital of Japan from Nara to this city to get away from Buddhist priests.
What is Heian kyo?
400
The name of one country that is closest to Japan.
What is/are China, Korea (North or South), and Russia?
400
Since Japan was only a spoken language, medieval Japanese documents were written in this language.
What is Chinese?
400
This Japanese piece of writing is also known as the world's first novel.
What is Tale of Genji?
400
This means "the way of the warrior."
What is Bushido?
400
What made Tomoe Gozen different from your stereotypical samurai?
What is being a woman?
500
The direction you would have to travel to get to the United States from Japan by water.
What is traveling east?
500
This was the original religion of Japan that expressed respect for nature.
What is Shinto?
500
This popular method of gaining power and influence is how the Fujiwara family became tight with Japanese royalty.
What is marrying off your daughters to kings, princes, and other royals?
500
This was the consequence of failing to live up to the Code of Bushido.
What is ritual suicide?
(Seppuku, Hari Kari)
500
Sei Shonagon and Lady Murasaki became well-known for making this contribution to Japan's culture.
What is literature?
(writing books, novels, diaries)