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People and places
Kamakura Shogunate
Early Japan Life
Emergence of Korea
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Also called "Those who serve" these warriors fought on horseback, clad in helmet and armor, and carried a sword and a bow.
Samurai
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What modern cities did the ancestors of present-day Japanese settle near?
Osaka and Kyoto
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What put a strain on the political system?
fighting the Mongols
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Was Japan mostly a farming society?
yes
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what is the Korea Peninsula mostly of?
It is relatively mountainous.
200
What were the first settlements in japan located at?
Osaka and Kyoto
200
a Yamato prince who tried to unify the various clans so that the Japanese could more efficiently resist an invasion by the Chinese.
Shotoku Taishi
200
Where did Minamoto Yoritomo set up his power near?
Modern city of Tokyo
200
what was used rather than money until the twelfth century?
barter
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What did Japan's central government lose power to?
the powerful aristocrats
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What was the more centralized government called that Minamoto Yoritomo used to strengthen the state?
Shogun
300
How many main Islands are there and what were there names?
4. and Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku
300
what dates did the Kamakura Shogunate last?
1192-1333
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What could wives do who were abandoned?
divorce and remarry
300
With whose support did Silla gain control of the peninsula?
Tang dynasty of China
400
DaimyoWhat is the heads of noble families called. Also called "Great names"
Daimyo
400
Who was the Yamato prince that created a new centralized goverenment based off of China's?
Shotoku Taishi
400
when did Kublai Khan invade Japan?
1281
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What did the Japenese believe about the spirits of their ancestors?
That their spirit was in the air around them
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when did the Mongols seiz the northern part of Korea?
In the thirteenth century.
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What is the religion that is still practiced today and is called "the sacred way" or "the Way of the Gods"
Shinto
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Who were the samurai
a class of military serevants whose purpose was to protect the security and property of their employers
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When was the Kamakura Shogunate overthrown?
1333
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Who were the most productive writers of prose fiction in Japenese from the ninth to twelfth centuries?
women
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What were the three kingdoms called?
Koguryo, Paekche, and Silla