Your map will be due first, on Monday. December 10, 2017.

The vocabulary and comprehension questions will be due on Tuesday, December 11, 2017.

Medieval Japan/ Chapter 9

You may only use your textbooks to define the following words. You also have questions that need to be answered in complete sentences. You may also only use your textbook for that as well. All this work needs to be done in your notebook, NOT ON THIS PAPER.

Standard 7.27: Compare the major features of Shinto, Japan’s indigenous religion, and Japanese Buddhism. (C, H)

Shinto

Kami

Zen Buddhism

Animism

Standard 7.28: Explain the influence of China and the Korean peninsula upon Japan as Buddhism, Confucianism, and the Chinese writing system were adopted. (C, G, H)

Yayoi

Yamoto

Jimmu

Prince Shotuku

Cultural Diffusion

Standard 7.29: Trace the emergence of the Japanese nation during the Nara, 710-794, and the Heian periods, 794-1180. (H, P)

Taika

Nara (describe in detail)

Standard 7.30: Describe how the Heian (contemporary Kyoto) aristocracy created enduring Japanese cultural perspectives that are epitomized in works of prose such as The Tale of Genji, one of the world’s first novels.

Heian-kyo

Kyoto

Tale of the Genji

Lady Murasaki Shikibu

Haiku

Noh

Standard 7.31 : Analyze the rise of a military society in the late twelfth century and the role of the shogun and samurai in that society.

Regents

Samurai

Bushido Code

Daimyo

Nobles

Shogun

Vassals

Feudalism

Guilds

Shogunate

Tomoe

Yorimoto

Chapter 9 Comprehension Questions

  1. What is an archipelago?
  2. Why is there such a small portion of land that can be farmed in Japan?
  3. Where did the title “Emperor of Heaven” come from?
  4. What skills did the Yayoi bring to Japan?
  5. What influence does Shintoism have on Japanese people today?
  6. How does Prince Shotoku come to power?
  7. Who was the famous female samurai and I want you to describe her in detail.
  8. Why is kamikaze referred to as the “divine wind?”
  9. What role does a shogun play in ruling Ancient Japan?
  10. What prevented the Mongols from invading Japan?
  11. Why did the early Japanese turn to the sea for food?
  12. What groups of Japanese benefited the most from the increasing wealth in Japan?
  13. What does the Bushido Code require of a Samurai?
  14. Why did the early Japanese believe that nature was important?
  15. How did the Japanese show respect to the kami?
  16. Why did feudalism develop in Japan?
  17. How did the physical features of Japan impact the development of its society?
  18. What was the goal of the Shotoku constitution?