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1
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Who was the first shogun?

A

Yorimoto

2
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Who was the prince who developed a constitution to establish a strong system of government?

A

Shotoku

3
Q

What is the name for a system of organizing and governing society based on land and service?

A

Feudalism

4
Q

What is the name of a poem about nature that has seventeen syllables?

A

Haiku

5
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What official language was spoken in the imperial court?

A

Chinese

6
Q

Which religion helped the Japanese prepare for the life to come?

A

Buddhism

7
Q

Which religion helped the Japanese with their daily lives?

A

Shintoism

8
Q

What 3 Japanese things did the country of China have influence over?

A

Literature, government and art

9
Q

What was a shogun

A

A military leader who was chosen by the emperor and had a lot of political power

10
Q

How were the Japanese people organized?

A

Into clans

11
Q

What happened in 645

A

Tails reform

12
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Whose duty was it to protect the chief noble or Daimyo?

A

Samurai

13
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What is a characteristic of Japanese art?

A

They used a lot of bright colors that made their work look alive

14
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What was on e of the changes to Japan because of the Taika reform?

A

New laws and news tax system was put in place.

Instead of the clans Chiefs collecting tax the government officials now collected it

15
Q

What is a regent?

A

Person who rules in place of the rightful ruler who cannot do so due to illness, age etc.

16
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Who were the kamikaze pilots in WWII

A

Pilots who would deliberately try to rash their planes into enemy ships?

17
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What was the ancient kamikaze?

A

Divine wind sent by the spirits

18
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Who was murasaki Shikibu?

A

The first true novelist

19
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What is another name for a chief noble?

A

Daimyo

20
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What was the name given to the typhoon that caused Mongols defeat?

A

Kamikaze or divine wind

21
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While the Yamato ruled what did they develop in Japan?

A

Organized cities, a government, social classes and a written language

22
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What was the Taika reform also known as?

A

The great change