CARLTON/HISTORY 7             JAPAN READING Questions

                                                                  Medieval to Early Modern Times Textbook

GEOGRAPHY

1. ______________cover nearly all of Japan, so most people live in flat areas called  

   ____________  ______________.

2. The Japanese people turned to the _________ for food.

3. The countries of ________and _________are near Japan & influence its culture.

4. The 4 main islands of Japan are : H__________________  H_______________  

      S_______________, and  K___________________.

EARLY JAPANESE SOCIETY

5. The Ainu people may have come to Japan from eastern _____________ .

6. Most of the Ainu people today live on the Japanese island of _______________.

7. The Japanese believed their clan chiefs were descended from

     ___________  __________ called ________.

8. The traditional religion of Japan is called ___________ which believes everything

     in nature has _________.

FIRST EMPERORS

9. Yamato rulers believed they were descended from a special kami, the

    ______  ____________, and began to call themselves the ____________ of all 

    Japan.

JAPAN LEARNS FROM CHINA AND KOREA

10. Japanese rulers  hoped China and Korea could teach Japan new ways of  

      _____________ and ______________.

11. According to the pictures on Page 201, what 3 things did China and Korea

       give to Japan? __________________ ,_______________, ________________

12. For many years the official language of Japan’s government was ____________.

13. Prince Shotoku served as regent for the empress. Define “regent”:

      _______________________________________________________________

14. Prince Shotoku brought Confucianism to Japan which taught that

      fathers should  ___________________, wives should _________________,  

      children should _____________________ and younger brothers should

       ___________________________.

15. Because of Prince Shotoku the religion of ____________ became very popular.

16. China’s emperors were powerful, _______  __________ made sure Japan’s

       emperors were not .

ART AND CULTURE IN HEIAN

17. The empress of Japan wants nobles to keep ___________ to record their lives.

18. The emperor,empress,& nobles moved to the city Heian, now called _________.

19. An imperial court is ____________________________________________

      who loved ______________ and _______________________.

20. Noble women wore _______ robes  with ___layers and carried decorative_____

21. The greatest works of early Japanese literature were written by _____________.

22. Lady Muraski Shikibu wrote a book called ________________________about a

        _________  looking for love.

23. In the Primary Source “The Pillow Book “ – Sei Shonagon was thinking only

      about ______  _________ when the empress was talking to her.

24. At nobles’ parties you would write and read __________ .

25. Many artists painted on _________ and ______________ rather than on paper.

26. Decorative writing is called _____________________.

27. Japanese building styles were copied from the ___________ and were made of

      __________ with ___________ roofs and large__________ inside.

28. Japanese buildings were surrounded with____________and __________.

29. Noh plays often tell about _____________.

30. Japan’s common people liked ________ _________ Buddhism because if they

      chanted the name of __________ they would achieve ____________________.

31.Zen Buddhism believed people seeking wisdom should practice

     _______ ________________and _____________________.

Section 3 GROWTH OF A MILITARY SOCIETY

32. By the late 1100’s, nobles fought each other over _______and

       rebels fought ______________  _______________.

33. Large landowners were called____________ who hired professional warriors  

       called _________________.

34. Samurai were paid with __________ and ____________.

35. Two powerful clans went to war , the _______________ clan won and its leader

      ruled the country by keeping the emperor a ______________ without real power.

36. The general who ruled Japan in the emperor’s name was called a ___________.

37.List the 4 levels of Samurai society from top to bottom:   

    1.______________2._______________3.________________4._____________

38.Samurai code of rules was called _______________ which required them to be

      ________________and ________________________.

39. The Samurai’s religion was _______ _____________. If a Samurai lost honor by

       disobedience or losing a fight he was expected to __________ _____________.

40. Mongol leader _________  ________ sent armies twice to conquer Japan, but

      the Japanese were saved by ________ called ______________ or “divine wind”.

41. By the 1400’s Japan was ruled by ________ instead of the emperor or shoguns.

42.Oda Nobunaga took control of Japan by using______ brought by_____________

       traders.

43.Tokugawa Ieyasu moved his capital to Edo which is now the city of __________.

44. In the 1630’s Japan was closed off from the rest of the world because  rulers

      were afraid that ___________________________________________________