Medieval Japan

Geography

100

How the Japanese islands formed.

What is 'volcanoes and earthquakes?'

200

Japan's highest mountain

What is Mount Fuji?

300

Most people in Japan live near...

The Coast/sea

400

A region of volcanoes and earthquakes

What is the Ring of Fire?

500

Japan's nickname

What is 'land of the rising sun'?

Government

100

What is a clan?

extended family

200

Why was Japan isolated from Korea and China in ancient times?

It was separated by the sea.

300

Land-owners, the nobles

daimyo

400

powerful Japanese military leaders who ruled medieval Japan; they had more power than emperor

What are shoguns?

500

A strict social system in which landowners grant people land or other rewards in exchange for military service or labor

What is Feudalism

Samurai

100

These warriors were often given land in exchange for protection.

samurai

200

3 Weapons of the Samurai

What is the sword, bow/arrow, and spear?

300

The meaning of Samurai

What is 'to serve'?

400

The samurai 'code of conduct'

bushido

500

Losing a fight, disobeying an order, or failing to protect his lord were all ways in which a samurai could...

lose his honor

Arts

100

Kabuki actors put this on their faces to represent their characters 

What is makeup?

200

type of Japanese theater, appealed to nobles; it is serious and subtle

What is Noh?

300

type of Japanese theater; appealed to farmers and common folks; it is loud and eccentric

What is Kabuki?

400

Japanese puppet theater

What is bunraku?

500

Japanese borrowed architecture from what country?

What is China?

Religion & Culture

100

Types of food in the Japanese diet

What is seafood and rice?

200

These two neighboring countries influenced Japan's written language, philosophy, and a new religion.

China & Korea

300

The religion that came to Japan from China (through Korea).

Buddhism

400

Japan's traditional ('homemade') religion

Shinto

500

Japanese used this to print text

What is woodblocking?