World History Name______
Chapter 12, Sec 4 RS (pages 339-343) Period____
FEUDAL POWERS IN JAPAN
Name Origin/Geography basics (pg. 339)
1. What does Japan mean in Chinese (ri-ben)?
2. How many miles separate Japan from its closest neighbor Korea? China?
3. Approximately how many islands make up the Japanese archipelago?
4. Name the four largest islands:
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5. How many miles long is Japan?
6. Early Japan was mono or poly-thestic? Name of Japan’s earliest religions?
7. Identify what kami is?
8. Which clan had est. itself as the top clan by A.D. 400’s?
Japanese Culture (pg. 340)
9. Which religion emerged from Korea/China in the A.D. 400’s-700’s?
10. Define regent:
11. Which country OBVIOUSLY had a strong influence on the culture of Japan?
12. In Japan, ______remained the key to winning a ______position.
Life in the Heian Period (pg. 341)
13. What was the original capital city of Japan?
14. After the capital was moved to Heian (HAY-ahn), etiquette became extremely important. Define etiquette:
15. The Tale of Genji written by Lady Murasaki Shikibu is considered to be the world’s first what?
Feudalism Erodes Imperial Authority (pg. 341)
16. Old question—Define feudalism (Hint on page 54):
17. What was life like away from the major ports and cities in Japan?
18. What marked the beginning of feudal society in Europe?
Samurai Warriors
19. Simply what was a samurai?
20. Samurai means what?
21. What was the “way of the warrior” known as for samurai?
22. Which clan emerged victorious as the most powerful in Japan in the late 1100’s?
23. The shogun has what kind of powers?
24. The new capital of Japan was called what and was located where?
25. Where was the shogun’s military headquarters located in Japan?
26. The pattern of government in which ______ruled through puppet ______lasted in Japan until ______.
27. The Kamakura (KAHM-uh-KUR-uh) shoguns came into contact with which former khan in 1274-1281?
28. Recall the four main aspects of a samurai’s wardrobe-(page 342)?
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