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Chapter 14 quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Is a chain of islands that stretches north to south in the northern Pacific Ocean. | Japan |
| Hokkaido,Honshu,Shikoku,Kyushu | Major Islands |
| ____ of land can be formed. | 20% |
| They settled a long the coast of Japan 5000 B.C. | Jomon |
| Jomon main art was _____. | Pottery |
| Made clay ___ and made designs by _____ ___. | Pottery Knotted cords |
| They introduced farming. | Yayoi |
| They were potters and metal workers. They were organized into a clan. | Yayoi |
| A group of families related by blood or marriage. | Clan |
| Yayoi buried their chiefs in large mounts known as _____. | Kofun |
| Brought Japan under its rule in the A.D 500s. | Yamato |
| Was the first Yamato leader and he founded a line of rulers in Japan that has never been broken. | Jimmu |
| Took charge in Yamato in A.D 600. | Prince Shotoku |
| He based reforms on Chinese government. | Prince Shotoku |
| Created a constitution that gave all power to him. | Prince Shotoku |
| Is Japan's oldest temple and the worlds oldest wooden building. | The Horyuji temple |
| In A.D 646 the Yamato began the ____ ____. | Great Change |
| It divided Japan into provinces or regional districts,all by officials who reported to the emperor. | Great Change |
| In addition tho the Great Change all land in Japan came under the ____ control. | Emperor |
| The Japanese religion called ____, was based on natural spirits. | Shinto |
| Is the belief that all natural things are alive and have their own natural spirits. | Animism |
| Japanese called the natures spirits ____. | Komi |
| To honor Komi they worship at ____ or ____ _____. | Shrines Holy places |
| ____ means the way of the spirits. | Shinto |
| Japan's emperors built a new capital called ____. | Nara |
| The government gave jobs to nobles from ___ ___. | Powerful families |
| The emperor power came from his control of the ____ and it's ___. | Land Crops |
| In A.D 794 Japan began building an new capital city called ___. | Heian |
| The capital Heian was later called ____. | Kyoto |
| Why did the empress power decline? | It is because many empress were only children,and court officials known as regents had to govern for them. |
| Is a person who rules for an emperor who is too young or too sick to rule. | Regent |
| Who were the Samuria? | They were Japanese warriors who fought for the nobles in exchange for land. They fought on horseback with bows,arrows,daggers,and swords., |
| Samuria means "one who ____." | Serves |
| Samuria lived by strict code called ____. | Boshidu |
| Boshidu means "way of the ____." | Warrior |
| The Boshidu code demanded that a Samuria is to be ____ to his master as well as _____,___,and______. | Loyal Courageous,brave,honorable. |
| The Gempei war started ____. | 1180 |
| In 1185 ___ won. | Minamoto |
| The emperor was afraid that Minamoto would try and replace him,so he made him ____. | Shogun |
| Commander of all the military forces | Shogun |
| The shogun decision led to two governments,the first emperor stayed in the palace at ___. | Heian |
| The shogun was still head of the country,but had no ___. | Power |
| Gave the second shogun,set up his own government at his headquarters,___. | Kamakura |
| This military government was known as a ____. | Shogunate |
| Shoguns ruled Japan for the next ___ years. | 700 |
| The kamakura shogunate ruled Japan until ____. | 1333 |
| General named _____ ____ turned against the emperor and made himself shogun. | Ashikaga Takaugi |
| The Ashikaga shoguns proved to be ___ rulers. | Weak |
| Powerful military leaders that contribute small territories. | Daimyo |
| Many Samuria became ____. | Vassals |
| A Samuria gave an oath of loyalty to his Daimyo and promised to serve him in time of war. | Vassals |
| The bond of loyalty between a lord and vassals is known as ____. | Feudalism |
| The ____ ____ 1467-1477 it was where warriors fought each other. | Onin War |
| Are smaller religious groups | Sects |
| By the time ___ reached Japan,it had divided into many sects. | Buddhism |
| Pure land Buddhism preached about a _____ life after death. | Happy |
| Zed Buddhists taught ____ ___ with martial arts and meditation. | Self control |
| On many of Buddhists works they used a shiny red and black voting called ____. | Lacquer |
| The Buddhists learned the art of fold paper which is ___. | Origami |
| The art of writing beautifully,that was much admired in Japan. | Calligraphy |
| The oldest form of poetry was the _____. | Tanka |
| It was a unrhymed poem of five lines. | Tanka |
| Wrote the tale of Genji. | Lady Musarsaki Shikibu |
| Japanese farmers grew ___,___,___,and _____. | Rice,wheat,millet,and barley. |
| As the capital ____ became the a major center of production and trade. | Kyoto |
| The farmers formed groups called ____ to protect and increase their profits. | Guilds |
| ___ had little control. | Women |
| What three men a women was suppose to obey? | Father,husband, and son |
| In wealthy families,parents arranged the _____ of their children to increase the families wealth. | Marriages |
| In farming families,women had a greater say in whom their ____. | Married |
| ____ worked long hours in the fields planting or harvesting rice. | Women |
| ____ also spun and weave cloth,and cared for their children. | Women |
| In the towns,the wives of artisans and merchants helped with ___ ___ and ran their homes. | Family businesses |
| The best off wives were the wives of ____. | Merchants |