History

Question 1

What are the Eras from oldest to newest?

Answer 1

Jomon - yayoi - kofun - nara - Heian - Kamakurr - muromachi - azuchi momoyama - Edo - Meji, Taisho - Showa

Question 2

What era when people lived by hunting, fishing and gathering wild nuts?

Answer 2

Jomon

Question 3

What is Jomon clayware?

Answer 3

Used for cooking and rituals

Question 4

What era was it when rice cultivation was introduced?

Answer 4

Yayoi

Question 5

What is the oldest wodden building in the world? and what era?

Answer 5

Horuji temple during the Kofun era

Question 6

What are kofun tombs?

Answer 6

served as tombs for the powerful

Question 7

What prince was in the kofun period?

Answer 7

Prince Shotoku

Question 8

What prince established a political system centered on the emperor?

Answer 8

Prince Shotoku in the Kofun Period

Question 9

What period was when Enovys were sent to china?

Answer 9

Nara Period

Question 10

During the Nara period, the capital nara was established where?

Answer 10

Heijo-kyo

Question 11

What was the capital during the Heian Period?

Answer 11

Kyoto

Question 12

What period was it when Nobility gained power?

Answer 12

Heian

Question 13

What period was it of the emergence of the samurai?

Answer 13

Heian

Question 14

What period is considered one of the most culturally rich periods in japanese history?

Answer 14

Heian

Question 15

What period was the Tale of Genji written in?

Answer 15

Heian

Question 16

What period was the japanese kana writing system created?

Answer 16

Heian

Question 17

What is the tale of genji?

Answer 17

Worlds oldest full length novel thats 54 chapters (Heian Period)
- author was a court lade
- story centers on romantic relationships and personal connections

Question 18

What period when minamoto yorito became a shogun? and his name?

Answer 18

Kamakura Period / Kamakura Shogunate

Question 19

What period was it when there was a Mogul invation?

Answer 19

Kamakura Period

Question 20

What was the culture in the kamakura period?

Answer 20

• Realistic powerful buddhist sculptures were creamed
• buddhism became popular among common people

Question 21

what period was a shogunate in kyoto?

Answer 21

Muromachi Period

Question 22

who established a shogunate during a muromachi period?

Answer 22

Ashikaga Takauji

Question 23

What was the culture in muromachi period?

Answer 23

• zen temples were built (kinakuji temple)
• Noh, kyogen, tea ceremoney and ikebana (flower arrangement)

Question 24

what period was it when there was a war over the succession of the shogun triggered Azuchi
Momoyama (Sengoku) period?

Answer 24

Muromachi Period

Question 25

What period was Oda Nobunaga in?

Answer 25

Azuchimomoyama (destroyed the muromachi shogunate and tried to unify japan)

Question 26

What period was toyotomi hideyoshi in?

Answer 26

Azuchimomoyama

Question 27

Who was next in power during the Azuchimomoyama period?

Answer 27

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Question 28

What was the culture during the Azuchimomoyama period?

Answer 28

- vibrant culture - chinese lions - painting on a folding screen

Question 29

What are the 2 castles during the Azuchimomoyama period?

Answer 29

Azuchi and Osaka

Question 30

Who established the shogunate during the Edo period?

Answer 30

Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1603

Question 31

How long did the edo shogunate lasted?

Answer 31

260 years

Question 32

What was the control measures during the edo period?

Answer 32

- strict laws - sankinkotai system

Question 33

What policy was adopted by the edo shogunate?

Answer 33

Self-isolation policy

Question 34

Who is Matthew C. Perry? (what period?)

Answer 34

commodore of the united states navy in the edo period

Question 35

What was developed during the edo period?

Answer 35

agriculture and industries

Question 36

What is ukiyoe?

Answer 36

Ukiyoe are prints that was produced during the edo period

Question 37

What period was the imperial restoration?

Answer 37

Meiji Period

Question 38

What was the capital during the Meiji period?

Answer 38

Edo was renamed Tokyo and became the capital

Question 39

What was changed in peoples daily life during the Meiji period?

Answer 39

Carriages lamps, railroads, brick buildings, eating beef

Question 40

What period was world war 1?

Answer 40

Taisho period

Question 41

What was the cuisine in the taisho period?

Answer 41

Yoshoko Cuistine (served japanese-western dishes like curry rice)

Question 42

What were the architectures in the Taisho Period?

Answer 42

Combination of western and traditional style