midterm 1 review

Question 1

jomon period

Answer 1

japgged pots, oldest nation
- hunter-gatherer, cord pottery
14,000-300 BCE

Question 2

yayoi

Answer 2

• agriculture
• rice farming, bronze tools, social classes
  300 BCE - 250 CE

Question 3

tomb/kofun

Answer 3

• giant tombs, rise of elite rulers
  250 CE - 538 CE

Question 4

asuka

Answer 4

• arrivial of chinese influence and buddhism
  538 - 710

Question 5

nara

Answer 5

• Neatly arranged records appear
  FIRST CAPITAL
• buddhist temples, written records
  710 - 794

Question 6

heian

Answer 6

• high elegance and nobility
• court literature and aristocracy
  794 - 1185

Question 7

kamakura

Answer 7

• Knights
• Assert
• Military
• Authority,
• Keep
• Unity,
  -Resist
• Attacks
• first shogunate, rise of samurai
• mongol invasions
  1185 - 1333

Question 8

muromachi

Answer 8

• messy poltics, amazing art (culture)
• ashikaga shogunate
• • decentralized politics and power
• civil wars
  1336 - 1573

Question 9

warring states

Answer 9

war all around, rebels rule in new govs
- war between daimyos, no central rule
1480 - 1560s

Question 10

momoyama

Answer 10

mama will take care of you
- nobunaga and hideyoshi unification, castles and art
1568 - 1600

Question 11

jesuit period

Answer 11

jesus enters shogunate, conversions and persecutions
1549 - 1600