8.4 Feudal Japan

Question 1

bushido

Answer 1

a code of honor followed by samurai warriors

Question 2

daimyo

Answer 2

feudal lords who served the shogun

Question 3

flourish

Answer 3

to thrive or grow

Question 4

hari-kiri

Answer 4

ceremonial suicide performed by a samurai

Question 5

isolation

Answer 5

separated from and not interacting with others

Question 6

renounce

Answer 6

to voluntarily give up

Question 7

samurai

Answer 7

warrior knights who served daimyo lords and followed the code of bushido

Question 8

shogun

Answer 8

the top Japanese military ruler

Question 9

shogunate

Answer 9

government headed by a shogun

Question 10

tsunami

Answer 10

a surge of seawater inland caused by an earthquake or

volcanic eruption

Question 11

What is the “Ring of Fire”

Answer 11

a crack in the tectonic plates where volcanoes and earthquakes occur

Question 12

Which island is Japan’s largest and also home to Mount Fuji?

Answer 12

Honshu

Question 13

The name for Japan, ___, is translated as “Land of the Rising Sun.”

Answer 13

Nippon

Question 14

6) Select TWO facts about Japan’s emperors.

Answer 14

Every emperor has been a member of the Yamato family.

The emperors are believed to be descendants of the gods.

Question 15

Which TWO important events took place in 604?

Answer 15

A constitution established the emperor as ruler of Japan.

Prince Shotoku embraced Buddhist and Confucian teachings.

Question 16

During the Heian period, ___ wrote The Tale of Genji, perhaps the first full-length novel.

Answer 16

Lady Murasaki