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Regent

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A regent is a person who rules for an emperor who is too young or to sick to govern

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Samurai

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Warriors that fought on horseback with swords, daggers and bows and arrows

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Kamikaze

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Divine wind in honor of spirts that saved their islands

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Shogun

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Commander of the military forces

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Daimyo

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Powerful military lords

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Vassal

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Samurai give an oath of loyalty to Daimyo and pledged to serve them in battle

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Feudalism

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Bond of loyalty between a lord and a vassal

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Sect

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Small groups

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Martial arts

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Sports that involved combat and self defense

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Zen buddhism

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Inner peace through self. Meditation

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Meditation

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A person who meditated sat crossed legged or motionless

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Tanka

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Unrhymed poem of five lines

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Haiku

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3 lines of words with a total of 17 syllables

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Lacquer

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Shines black or red coating

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Origami

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The art of folding paper

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Fujiwara

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It was a clan and it was a villa later converted into a temple

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Minamoto yoritomo

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The commander of the minamoto forces

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Ashikaga takauji

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A general resisted the emperor and made himself shogun

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Murasaki shikibu

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She wrote the The tale of Genji and wrote a diary with more than 120 poems

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Heian

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The emperor of Japan moved the emperor from Nara to a new city called heian kyo

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Kamakura

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Small seaside town

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Kyoto

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They developed a major center of production. It benefited from trade from Korea, china, Southeast Asia

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Why did the emperor’s power weaken in the 800’s

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After a period of emperors a number of weak emperors came to the throne

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Who won the civil war between Tariq and Minamoto families? What happened as a result

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The Minamoto family won. The commander was Yoritomo. As a result the emperor feared that the Minamoto would take his throne. So he gave him the title of shogun

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Why was the shogun important?

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The commander in the military forces sets up his own government. Shoguns ran Japan’s government.

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Where did Japan wealth come from?

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The hard labor of its farmers. Rice, wheat, millet, and barley were their chief crops

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What was the role of woman during medieval Japan?

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Women were emperors and could own property. Women who were abandoned could divorce or remarry. Women gained fame as artists, writers, and entertainers.

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Pure land Buddhism

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Happy life after death

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Art and architecture

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Landscape paintings, borrowed from china and Korea

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Economy and society

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Wealth came from farmers . Improvements, guilds formed, Daimyo protected

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Kamurkura shogunate ruled until 1333

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Emperor rebelled, samurai helped,

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Onin war

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Japan’s warriors fought each other

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Archipelago

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A chain of islands that runs north to south in the pacific ocean

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Constitution

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A plan of government

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Animism

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Japanese believed that humans, animals, plants, rocks and rivers have their own spirits

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Yamato

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A clan that ruled most of Japan other clans had to give their loyalty to Yamato

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Jimmu

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A Yamato leader was the great grandson of goddess that gave him the right to rule Japan

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Shotuku

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He was a prince that ruled Japan on behalf of his aunt, He also created the constitution

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How did Japan’s geography shape its society?

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Japan kept the Japanese isolated or separated. It became a strongly independent civilization

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What are the basic beliefs of the Shinto religion?

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There love of nature, striving for simplicity, cleanliness and good manners

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What Chinese ideas influenced Prince shotoku?

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Buddhism, Chinese art, philosophy, and medicine.

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Describe the Taika (or Great Change).

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Japan was divided into districts ruled by officials who reported to the emperor. All farmland who placed under the emperor’s control

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Describe the city of Nara

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It had broad street, large public squares, Buddhist temples, and Shinto shrines. Noble families lived in large Chinese style homes

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From what two countries did Japan borrow many artistic ideas during the Middle Ages?

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China and Korea

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