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Chapter 14 Flashcards

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female novelist & poet

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Murasaki Shikibu

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name of period A.D. 700s

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Nara Period

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period when Japan was divided into provinces

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Great Change

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warriors who agreed to fight for nobles in exchange for land

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samurai

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powerful military lords who headed small territories

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daimyo

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the first shogun

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Minamoto Yoritomo

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the first of the Yamato leaders in Japan

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Jimmu

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sports involving combat & self-defense

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martial arts

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one of the four largest islands in Japan

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Hokkaido

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a period of ten years when warriors fought one another

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Onin War

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belief of those who follow Shinto

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everything in nature has a spirit–animism

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headed the Yayoi clans

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warriors

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Prince Shotoku looked to what country’s government as an example to Japan

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China

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bond of loyalty between a lord and a vassal

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feudalism

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calligraphy

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beautiful decorative handwriting

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why emperor created title of shogun

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so he could not be overthrown

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farmers in Japan grew

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rice, wheat, barley, millet

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why the power of the emperors weakened during A.D. 800s

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emperors were children

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Japanese believe Buddhism prepares them for…?

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the afterlife

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what happened when the Mongols attacked Japan

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ships smashed by storms

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