Geography
How many main islands does Japan consist of?
What are four islands
(Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu)
What is the main religion of Japan?
What is Shinto.
What is the name of a revolutionary sea vessel made by the korean army?
What are turtle ships
What is the definition of a clan?
What is a group of close or interrelated people.
What is Bushido?
Bushido is a code of conduct for samurai.
Between which two seas does Korea lie?
What is the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan(East Sea).
What was the main religion of early Korea?
What is Shamanism.
What color is celadon pottery?
What is light green.
Who was a Shogun?
Who is a military governor that ruled Japan.
Why did emperor’s power greatly weaken during the 800s?
What are many weak emperors and regents governing for them.
What part of Japan’s land is farmable?
What 20 percent.
What does Shinto translate to and what is the Shinto belief?
What is way of the spirits and the belief that everything has a spirit.
What was the first rain measuring device made out of?
What is bronze.
What clan ruled during the 500s in Japan?
What is the Yamato clan.
Who was a vassal in Medieval Japan?
Who is a low ranking noble who pledges loyalty to his lord in return for protection
Why do earthquakes happen so often in Japan?
What is positioned along an unstable part of the earth’s crust.
How did Buddhism influence the Nara period?
What is art, architecture, literature, and government.
What is Japan’s oldest form of poetry?
What is tanka.
What were the names of the Three Kingdoms of Korea?
What are Koguryo, Paekche, and Silla.
Who was the first emperor of Japan?
Who is Emperor Jimmu.
What geographic features separates Korea from China?
What is the Changbi River.
Why did Korean kingdoms adopt Buddhism and Confucianism?
China invaded Korea spreading their cultures and beliefs.
What were the main weapons and tools samurai used?
What are horses, swords, bows, steel armour, and steel helmets.
What skills did the Yopai bring to Japan?
What is brought farming and metalworking to Japan.
What was the new capital city of Japan called, after the emperor moved it in 794?
What is Heian-kyo(Kyoto).