1. Warm-up Questions What was the title of the military leader of Japan?
What was the code of behavior that a samurai lived by?

2. Medieval Japan
Early Japan
Chapter 15

3. Alabama Course of Study
Describe China’s influence on culture, politics, and economics in Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.
Examples: Culture – describing the influence on art, architecture, language, and religion; Politics – describing changes in civil service; Economics – introducing patterns of trade

4. Today’s Learning Targets
I can summarize the influence of China upon Japan’s culture.
I can outline Japans feudal system of government.
I can demonstrate mastery of all my learning targets for the unit.

5. Warm-up Questions What was the title of the military leader of Japan?
shogun
What was the code of behavior that a samurai lived by?
Bushido

6. Key Terms Review The time following the collapse of the Han Dynasty.
Period of Disunion
A human made waterway connecting northern and southern China.
Grand Canal

7. Key Terms Review Thin beautiful type of pottery.
porcelain
Writing characters carved into a block of wood and then inked and applied to paper
Woodblock printing

8. Key Terms Review An explosive mixture of granules used in fireworks.
Gunpowder
An instrument using the earth’s magnetic field to show direction
compass

9. Key Terms Review A body of unelected government officials.
bureaucracy
An educated member of the government
Scholar-official

10. Key Terms Review Service as a government official
Civil service
A policy of avoiding contact with other countries.
Isolationism

11. Geography & Early Japan
Japan is composed of four main islands and many smaller ones.
Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu, and Hokkaido
The traditional myth of creation for Japan was…
Two gods dipped a spear into the sea. When they pulled it out, the drops of salt water landed on the surface and formed the islands of Japan.

12. The first Emperors
The most powerful of the clans was the Yamato. The chiefs claim they were descended from the sun goddess Amaterasu.

13. Changes in Religion and Philosophy
Around A.D. 600, Shotoku took charge of the government and began reforms.
He based these reforms on the Chinese government which had a strong emperor and trained officials.

14. Changes in Religion and Philosophy
The constitution was based upon the ideas of Confucius. It gave the emperor all the power and the ability to appoint officials.
He sent officials and students to China.

15. Changes in Religion and philosophy
He ordered Buddhist temples and monasteries to be built throughout Japan.

16. Today’s Learning Targets
I can summarize the influence of China upon Japan’s culture.
I can outline Japans feudal system of government.
I can demonstrate mastery of all my learning targets for the unit.