1. Intro screen

2. Host screen

3. $400 $600 $800 $200 $1000 Japanese Geography Nara and Heian
The Samurai
Feudal Japan
Japan In General
Tokugawa/Edo
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$1000
Jeopardy round

4. Final Jeopardy- Place Your Wagers
Put the various groups of Japan’s feudal pyramid in order from highest to lowest and give a setence describing each group.
Final Jeopardy betting screen

5. Final Jeopardy
Emperor: Only a figurehead. But considered a God and therefore has the power to rule in Japan.
Shogun: Military leader who is upper class and has great power and authority.
Daimyo: high class military leaders who are given plots of land from the Shogun to rule.
Samurai: Warriors, who are employed by a shogun to daimyo to protect the plots of land
Ronin: Samurai who have lost their lord.
Peasants/Artisans: Lower class, but cntirbuted to society still so not considered the lowest.
Merchants: Lowest because they profited off of others
Final Jeopardy

6. The Jeopardy Champion!
Goodbye screen

7. The main crop of Medieval Japan
$200
Rice.
The main crop of Medieval Japan
Single Jeopardy – Category 1

8. Name a country across the Sea of Japan.
$400
China, Korea (NK or SK), Russia
Name a country across the Sea of Japan.
Single Jeopardy – Category 1

9. What is a tsunami? How is it created?
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Large tidal wave that is very destructive depending on it’s size. Most often created by an earthquake.
What is a tsunami? How is it created?
Single Jeopardy – Category 1

10. Name the four main islands of Japan.
$800
Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku
Name the four main islands of Japan.
Single Jeopardy – Category 1

11. Describe Japan’s Geography in detail.
$1000
Numerous volcanic mountains, a large coastal plain, warm in the south, cold and snowy in the North, large potential for earthquakes and rice farming.
Describe Japan’s Geography in detail.
Single Jeopardy – Category 1

12. Why were the Nara and Heian periods called the Nara and Heian periods?
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These were the names of the cities they were based out of.
Why were the Nara and Heian periods called the Nara and Heian periods?
Single Jeopardy – Category 2

13. $400
Buddhists monks.
Who came over to Japan at this time and infleunced the Nara government?
Single Jeopardy – Category 2

14. What years did the Nara Period run from?
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700CE – 800CE
What years did the Nara Period run from?
Single Jeopardy – Category 2

15. Describe what a Puppet Ruler is, give an example.
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A leader who did not actually have the power and authority of their title. Someone under them in rank would actually have more power and authority. Example: the Emperor of Japan.
Describe what a Puppet Ruler is, give an example.
Single Jeopardy – Category 2

16. $1000
The Fujiwara Family.
This was the name of the imperialistic family who ran Japan during the Heian Period.
Single Jeopardy – Category 2

17. What was the name of a samurai’s sword?
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The Katana.
What was the name of a samurai’s sword?
Single Jeopardy – Category 3

18. What distinguished a Ronin from a Samurai?
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A Ronin no longer had a lord due to the lord’s death or dismissal of the Ronin. Where as a samurai still had a lord.
Single Jeopardy – Category 3
What distinguished a Ronin from a Samurai?

19. Describe what Bushido was:
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Moral and philosophical code of the samurai. It encompassed certain moral standards and values, such as honour, respect, peace. The code revolved around the beauty of nature and acceptance of death.
Single Jeopardy – Category 3
Describe what Bushido was:

20. Where was the Samurai situated on the Feudal Japanese pyramid?
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In the middle towards the top. Considered lesser than the Shoguns and Daimyos, yet above the peasant class. Part of the warrior caste.
Where was the Samurai situated on the Feudal Japanese pyramid?
Single Jeopardy – Category 3

21. The Minamoto and Taira Clans.
$1000
The Minamoto and Taira Clans.
Name the two samurai clans that fought over control of Japan at the very beginning of Feudal Japan.
Single Jeopardy – Category 3

22. $200
The Shogun
Although the Emperor was the highest on the feudal pyramid. This person had the most power in Japan and ruled with military lords
Single Jeopardy – Category 4

23. $400
Merchants
This group was considered the lowest on the feudal pyramid because they simply made money off of the work of others.
Single Jeopardy – Category 4

24. Describe what a daimyo is.
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Appointed military lords that were given plots of land to manage. Upper class elite. Similar to barons or lords.
Describe what a daimyo is.
Single Jeopardy – Category 4

25. He was Japan’s first Shogun and ruled out of the city of Kamakura.
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Minamoto Yoritomo
He was Japan’s first Shogun and ruled out of the city of Kamakura.
Single Jeopardy – Category 4

26. 1. Military Order. 2. Managing day-to-day affairs. 3. Justice.
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1. Military Order. 2. Managing day-to-day affairs. 3. Justice.
Name and briefly describe the three components of the Bakufu (government).
Single Jeopardy – Category 4

27. The present day city of the Edo/Tokugawa Period.
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Tokyo.
The present day city of the Edo/Tokugawa Period.
Single Jeopardy – Category 5

28. Describe the Kusarigama:
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Samurai weapon. Long chain that varied in length with a weight at one end and a sickle at the other.
Describe the Kusarigama:
Single Jeopardy – Category 5

29. $600
clothing, sculptures
The Heian Period was ruled by wealthy imperials who wore beautiful ______________ and collected beautiful _________
Single Jeopardy – Category 5

30. $800
Isolationism.
This word best describes Japan’s policies towards other countries during the Tokugawa Period.
Single Jeopardy – Category 5

31. $1000
Battle of Dannoura.
This was the battle in which the Minamoto Clan defeated the Taira Clan to gain control of Feudal Japan.
Single Jeopardy – Category 5

32. $200
Wood block printings that became very popular in the Tokugawa Period. They usually told a tale or story.
Single Jeopardy – Category 6
What are Ukiyo-e?

33. Who was Saint Francis Xavier?
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Spanish missionary who arrived in Japan in 1549 and began to convert Japanese people to Christianity.
Who was Saint Francis Xavier?
Single Jeopardy – Category 6

34. Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu?
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Founder of the last Shogunate, the Tokugawa Shogunate. He gained power of Japan in 1600.
Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu?
Single Jeopardy – Category 6

35. What year did the Onin War begin?
$800
1467
What year did the Onin War begin?
Single Jeopardy – Category 6

36. $1000
status, people.
The Tokugawa/Edo Period had a strict emphasis on the _____________ of ___________
Single Jeopardy – Category 6