History

Question 1

Regent

Answer 1

A regent is a person who rules for an emperor who is too young or to sick to govern

Question 2

Samurai

Answer 2

Warriors that fought on horseback with swords, daggers and bows and arrows

Question 3

Kamikaze

Answer 3

Divine wind in honor of spirts that saved their islands

Question 4

Shogun

Answer 4

Commander of the military forces

Question 5

Daimyo

Answer 5

Powerful military lords

Question 6

Vassal

Answer 6

Samurai give an oath of loyalty to Daimyo and pledged to serve them in battle

Question 7

Feudalism

Answer 7

Bond of loyalty between a lord and a vassal

Question 8

Sect

Answer 8

Small groups

Question 9

Martial arts

Answer 9

Sports that involved combat and self defense

Question 10

Zen buddhism

Answer 10

Inner peace through self. Meditation

Question 11

Meditation

Answer 11

A person who meditated sat crossed legged or motionless

Question 12

Tanka

Answer 12

Unrhymed poem of five lines

Question 13

Haiku

Answer 13

3 lines of words with a total of 17 syllables

Question 14

Lacquer

Answer 14

Shines black or red coating

Question 15

Origami

Answer 15

The art of folding paper

Question 16

Fujiwara

Answer 16

It was a clan and it was a villa later converted into a temple

Question 17

Minamoto yoritomo

Answer 17

The commander of the minamoto forces

Question 18

Ashikaga takauji

Answer 18

A general resisted the emperor and made himself shogun

Question 19

Murasaki shikibu

Answer 19

She wrote the The tale of Genji and wrote a diary with more than 120 poems

Question 20

Heian

Answer 20

The emperor of Japan moved the emperor from Nara to a new city called heian kyo

Question 21

Kamakura

Answer 21

Small seaside town

Question 22

Kyoto

Answer 22

They developed a major center of production. It benefited from trade from Korea, china, Southeast Asia

Question 23

Why did the emperor’s power weaken in the 800’s

Answer 23

After a period of emperors a number of weak emperors came to the throne

Question 24

Who won the civil war between Tariq and Minamoto families? What happened as a result

Answer 24

The Minamoto family won. The commander was Yoritomo. As a result the emperor feared that the Minamoto would take his throne. So he gave him the title of shogun

Question 25

Why was the shogun important?

Answer 25

The commander in the military forces sets up his own government. Shoguns ran Japan’s government.

Question 26

Where did Japan wealth come from?

Answer 26

The hard labor of its farmers. Rice, wheat, millet, and barley were their chief crops

Question 27

What was the role of woman during medieval Japan?

Answer 27

Women were emperors and could own property. Women who were abandoned could divorce or remarry. Women gained fame as artists, writers, and entertainers.

Question 28

Pure land Buddhism

Answer 28

Happy life after death

Question 29

Art and architecture

Answer 29

Landscape paintings, borrowed from china and Korea

Question 30

Economy and society

Answer 30

Wealth came from farmers . Improvements, guilds formed, Daimyo protected

Question 31

Kamurkura shogunate ruled until 1333

Answer 31

Emperor rebelled, samurai helped,

Question 32

Onin war

Answer 32

Japan’s warriors fought each other

Question 33

Archipelago

Answer 33

A chain of islands that runs north to south in the pacific ocean

Question 34

Constitution

Answer 34

A plan of government

Question 35

Animism

Answer 35

Japanese believed that humans, animals, plants, rocks and rivers have their own spirits

Question 36

Yamato

Answer 36

A clan that ruled most of Japan other clans had to give their loyalty to Yamato

Question 37

Jimmu

Answer 37

A Yamato leader was the great grandson of goddess that gave him the right to rule Japan

Question 38

Shotuku

Answer 38

He was a prince that ruled Japan on behalf of his aunt, He also created the constitution

Question 39

How did Japan’s geography shape its society?

Answer 39

Japan kept the Japanese isolated or separated. It became a strongly independent civilization

Question 40

What are the basic beliefs of the Shinto religion?

Answer 40

There love of nature, striving for simplicity, cleanliness and good manners

Question 41

What Chinese ideas influenced Prince shotoku?

Answer 41

Buddhism, Chinese art, philosophy, and medicine.

Question 42

Describe the Taika (or Great Change).

Answer 42

Japan was divided into districts ruled by officials who reported to the emperor. All farmland who placed under the emperor’s control

Question 43

Describe the city of Nara

Answer 43

It had broad street, large public squares, Buddhist temples, and Shinto shrines. Noble families lived in large Chinese style homes

Question 44

From what two countries did Japan borrow many artistic ideas during the Middle Ages?

Answer 44

China and Korea