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Feudal Japan
A quiz to test yourself on your Feudal Japan knowledge.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Japan is located in? | East Asia |
| How many main islands are in Japan? | 4 |
| The landscape of Japan is ? | Mountainous |
| What problem emerged because of Japan's terrain? | It was very hard to govern as a whole nation. |
| What was the basis of the Japanese diet? | Rice |
| Why was rice the basis of the Japanese diet? | It was heavily grown in that area due to the climate |
| External influences on Japan came from where? | Korea and China |
| What was the acronym for the first three Shoguns? | KAT |
| What does KAT stand for? | Kamakura, Ashikaga and Tokugawa |
| After fighting what happened? | One war lord claimed power over Japan. His name was Kamakura. |
| Who was the first Shogun of Japan? | Kamakura |
| After Japan had it's first Shogun, what kind of role did the emperor have? | Symbolic. He was a ceremonial and spiritual figurehead. |
| Who had the most power? | Shogun |
| Under what Shogun did the Tea Ceremony emerge? | Ashikaga |
| What emerged in Ashikaga's reign? | Tea ceremonies |
| When did Japan become very artistic? | Under Ashikaga's reign. |
| How did Japan turn under Ashikaga's reign? | Artistic |
| Who was the longest serving Shogunate? | Tokugawa |
| What was the oldest religion in Japan? | Shinto |
| What religion had nature as it's central? | Shinto |
| What wer Torii? | Special gates marking Shinto shrines. |
| Zen Buddhism came from where? | Korea and China |
| Korea and China brought what religion to Japan? | Zen Buddhism |
| Shinto was teh what religion of Japan? | Indigenous. |
| What was the indigenous religion of Japan? | Shinto |
| Kami was from what religion? | Shinto |
| Kami was? | Nature spirits |
| Zen buddhism was focussed on? | Discipline and meditation |
| Discipline and meditation were central to what religion? | Zen Buddhism |
| Zen buddhists were seeking what? | Enlightenment |
| Who was seeking enlightenment? | Zen Buddhists |
| What roles made you an outcast? | Acting, scavenging. butchery and undertaking. |
| Who was on the top of the social hierarchy? | Emperor |
| Who was second on the social hierarchy? | Shogun |
| Who was third on the social Hierarchy? | Daimyo |
| Who was fourth on the social hierarchy? | Samurai |
| Who was fifth on the social hierarchy? | Peasants |
| Who was sixth on the social hierarchy? | Artisans and craftspeople |
| Who was seventh on the social hierarchy? | Merchants |
| Who was last on the social hierarchy? | Outcasts |
| What did merchants do? | Loaned money to samurai to make interest and they bought and sold. |
| What did artisans and craftspeople do? | They made things from material given to them by the peasants. |
| What did peasants do? | They farmed not only food but materials. |
| Samurai were? | Educated warriors who fought, made taxes and ran a Daimyo's land |
| What made a daimyo a Shogun? | Being to most powerful daimyo though money and an army |
| How long did the Tokugawa shogunate last? | 237 years. |
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