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Japan Final
Japan
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why doesn't Japan have vey much farmland? | Japan is a chain of over 1,000 Islands that are mainly covered with mountains. |
| Which clan became the most powerful in Japan? | The Yamato clan became strong enough to rule most of Japan in 500 AD |
| How did Prince Shotoku improve Japan? | He created a constitution that gave power to the emperor, created a bureaucracy, ordered Buddhist temples to be built |
| Early Japanese beliefs developed into the religion of ______________or " way of the spirits" | Shintoism |
| Why did the Emperor give Yoritomo the title of Shogun? | the Emperor feared that Yoritomo was going to take his throne, so he game the title of Shogun or commander of the emperors forces to reward him. |
| When the Mongols tried to attack Japan, their ships were smashed by typhoons that the Japanese called _______________? | Kamikaze |
| Why did Zen Buddhism appeal to the samurai? | Zen Buddhists believed they could find inner peace through self-control. They used martial arts to control their bodies. |
| What is the Code of Bushido? | The code that Samurai had to follow. Samurai must be loyal to their master, courageous and honorable. |
| What is a Shogun? | A military ruler of Japan |
| What is a Samurai. | A class of warrior in feudal Japan that pledged loyalty to a noble in exchange for land. |
| What was a Daimyo? | Powerful military lord in Japan |
| What was Shinto? | Religion of early Japan that was based on the theory that all living things had a spirit. Shinto means "way of the spirits" |