Japan

Question 1

Labor system

Answer 1

Feudalism (just like europe)

Question 2

Prince Shotoku

Answer 2

ruled during yamato period
sent messengers to china to learn from them and come back and build japanese government
wrote 17-article constitution

Question 3

Religion

Answer 3

Confucianism and Budhism taken from China and incorporated into daily life and gov’t principles
Shintoism developed

Question 4

Tale fo Genji

Answer 4

Written by Miraski Shikibu

1st novel written in japanese (possibly 1st novel ever)

Question 5

code of bushido

Answer 5

japanese way of the warrior

Question 6

government

Answer 6

emperor

clan leaders held true power

Question 7

Yamato Clan

Answer 7

established in 400s CE

Question 8

Class System

Answer 8

emperor, shogun, daimyo, samurai, merchants, farmers

Question 9

Kamakura Shogunate

Answer 9

ruled with shogun’s military force under the Minamoto family

Question 10

Unification

Answer 10

late 1500s to 1600s, Nobunaga then Toyotomi Hideyoshi and finally Kamakura tried to unify Japan
Kamakura succeeded and established the Kamakura shogunate, which ruled until 1867

Question 11

Kamakura Shogunate

Answer 11

peace + economic prosperity

Question 12

Arrival of Europeans

Answer 12

establish trade, but when missionaries begin converting people, they are banished and Japanese were forced to adopt Buddhism

Question 13

Isolationism

Answer 13

By 1639 Japan had almost no contact with the outside world - had a closed country policy with only dutch and chinese ships allowed to one specific port