1. Section 1
Geography
and Japan
Section 2
Art and Culture
In Heian
Section 3
Growth of a
Military Society
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2. About what percentage of flat land exists in Japan, and what is Japan’s largest island?

3. 20%
and Honshu

4. Mother, younger brother, older brother, father
Confucianism taught Japanese families how to behave. Put the following roles in order based on Confucianism teachings of power from greatest to least.
Mother, younger brother, older brother, father

5. Father, mother,
older brother,
younger brother

6. Who was responsible for bringing Chinese culture to Japan, and whose efforts helped Buddhism to become popular in Japan?

7. Prince Shotoku

8. Why did the Yamato rulers think they had a right to rule?
Before the Yamato rulers declared themselves the “Emperors of Japan,” they were merely a clan like many others.
Why did the Yamato rulers think they had a right to rule?

9. They believed they were
descendants of
the goddess of the sun,
the most powerful
of all kami.

10. How did Japan’s location both separate it from and tie it to China and Korea?

11. Japan is far enough from China and Korea that Japan could
create its own culture, but
close enough to borrow
ideas from China
and Korea.

12. True or False.
The Japanese nobles of Heian traveled often in order to learn about life in different parts of Japan.

13. False.
They couldn’t care less about life outside of the court. They rarely left the city, and they had very little to do with the common people in Heian or other parts of Japan.

14. What type of performance was developed in the 1300s that characterized more serious acting and themes?

15. Noh

16. What was a popular form of decorative writing?

17. calligraphy

18. How was the Buddhism practices of the Japanese nobles of Heian different from the Buddhism of the common people?

19. The nobles practiced elaborate rituals, while the common people did not.

20. What is considered Japan’s greatest novels?

21. The Tale of Genji

22. What ruled Japan for about 700 years?

23. the shogun

24. samurai, shogun, peasant, daimyo
Put the following roles in order from the one that has the most power to the least power.
samurai, shogun, peasant, daimyo

25. Shogun, daimyo, samurai, peasant

26. Samurai could get married. Samurai could trade.
The samurai had a code by which they lived. Look at the following and determine which of the examples was something the samurai could do.
Samurai could get married.
Samurai could trade.
Samurai could attend the theater.

27. Samurai could get
married.

28. What was the common enemy that forced the shogun and nobles to fight for Japan?

29. the Mongols

30. After the royal court became a center for art and culture, the nobles were so focused on art, they didn’t notice the internal chaos that was occurring in Japan. Who took control over Japan, creating a military society, as a result?

31. Shoguns

32. The traditional religion of Japan was called this.
                                                   
The traditional religion of Japan was called this.

33. Shinto

34. What was the name of the early culture that developed in Japan that spoke a language unlike any other in eastern Asia?

35. Ainu

36. What was the type of Buddhism practiced by the common people called?

37. Pure Land Buddhism

38. What is the person called who rules a country for someone else who is unable to rule alone?

39. regent

40. What is a general who ruled Japan in the emperor’s name?

41. shogun

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