Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia

Question 1

Shinto

Answer 1

Way of the gods - based on respect for nature and ancestors

Question 2

Regent

Answer 2

an official that would rule until a child was old enough to rule the throne

Question 3

Prince SHotoku

Answer 3

One of Japan’s most important regents

Question 4

Embassy

Answer 4

An office of a government in another country

Question 5

Zen

Answer 5

a form of Buddhism that empahasises self-discipline, simplicity and meditation

Question 6

Noh

Answer 6

a type of play often retellings of legends and folktales

Question 7

Kabuki

Answer 7

melodramatic singing and dancing with elaborate costumes and heavy makeup

Question 8

Lady Murasaki Shikibu

Answer 8

one of Japan’s finest writers that worte “The Tale of Genji”

Question 9

Haiku

Answer 9

form of poetry with 17 syllables - 5, 7, 5

Question 10

Daimyo

Answer 10

estate owners that paid no taxes to the government

Question 11

Samurai

Answer 11

private armies of trained warriors

Question 12

Vassal

Answer 12

A person who received land and protection from a lord in return for loyalty

Question 13

Shoguns

Answer 13

Supreme commander of the army

Question 14

Tokugawa Shogunate

Answer 14

The rule of the Tokugawa family that established Tokyo as the capital

Question 15

Khmer Empire

Answer 15

Most powerful and longest lasting kingdom on the mainland of Southeast Asia now know as Cambodia

Question 16

Angkor Wat

Answer 16

The largest religious structure in the world that honored the Hindu god Vishnu. Buddhist statues were added later.