Medieval Japan test

Question 1

the countryside

Answer 1

rural

Question 2

the state of gaining spiritual knowledge and finding truth

Answer 2

enlightenment

Question 3

A spiritual discipline that involves deep relaxation and clearing the mind of distracting thoughts

Answer 3

meditation

Question 4

A tower-shaped structure with
several stories and upturned, tiled
roofs

Answer 4

Pagoda

Question 5

A male member of a ruler’s court

Answer 5

Courtier

Question 6

A samurai code
that called on
warriors to be
honest, fair and fearless

Answer 6

Bushido

Question 7

A local lord in Japan in the era of the samurai

Answer 7

Daimyo

Question 8

Styles of fighting or self-defense,
such as modern- day judo and
karate, that began mostly in Asia

Answer 8

martial Arts

Question 9

A member of a powerful warrior class in Japan

Answer 9

Samurai

Question 10

The head of the military government of Japan in the era of the samurai

Answer 10

Shogun

Question 11

A form of Buddhism that stresses self-reliance and achieving enlightenment through meditation

Answer 11

Zen Buddhism

Question 12

three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, making 17 syllables in all. A haiku poet uses imagery
to suggest an idea or create a mood.

Answer 12

Haiku

Question 13

Ritual suicide

Answer 13

seppuku

Question 14

farming land

Answer 14

very little farm land and they fought over it

Question 15

independent society with its own distinct culture

Answer 15

isolationism

Question 16

a group of islands

Answer 16

archipelago

Question 17

Hokkaido

Answer 17

Second largest island of Japan
*Honshu and Hokkaido are
connected by an underground,
tunnel
* The center of the island is covered in mountains and volcanic plateaus
* Slightly smaller than the island of Ireland

Question 18

Honshu

Answer 18

• Honshu is the largest island of Japan
• Honshu is 1300 km long which is slightly larger than the state of Minnesota
• Honshu is very mountainous and
  volcanic which allow for frequent
  earthquakes

Question 19

Shikoku

Answer 19

• Shikoku is the smallest island of
  the four main
  Japanese islands.
• About 4,000,000 people live on Shikoku
• Shikoku covers roughly 7,259 square miles
• Shikoku is the only major island of Japan to have
  no volcanoes
• Mt. Ishizuchi is its highest peak at 6,503 feet.
• Capital = *Tokushima

Question 20

Kyushu

Answer 20

• Third largest island of Japan
• Kyushu is *mountainous and is the home of an
  active volcano = Mt. Aso
• Due to volcanic activity Kyushu is also covered in
  hot springs as well as the Kyushu Mountains
• Capital = *Fukuoka

Question 21

a great flourishing

Answer 21

golden age

Question 22

upper class of people

Answer 22

Aristocrats

Question 23

house design

Answer 23

Wealthy Heian families lived in
mansions surrounded by beautiful
gardens with artificial lakes Inside the mansions, large rooms were divided by screens or curtains
and connected with open-air covered hallways. Simplicity was considered beautiful, so there were few objects on the wood floors other than straw mats and cushions. The Japanese did not use chairs

Question 24

Rank, as determined almost completely by the position of a person’s birth family, was very important during this period. Birth
into a high-ranking family mattered more than personal qualities or skills.

Answer 24

Social position

Question 25

what was considered beautiful

Answer 25

Plump, round faced women, Straight, long black hair

Question 26

forms of entertainment

Answer 26

sumo wrestling, archery, horse racing

Question 27

poetry

Answer 27

Poetry was part of daily life in Heian-kyo, and people were expected to compose poetry in
public.

Question 28

the form of Japanese syllabic writing used especially for scientific terms, official documents, and words adopted from other languages

Answer 28

katakana

Question 29

one of the three Japanese alphabets, or writing systems

Answer 29

hiragana

Question 30

Japanese novelist and poet

Answer 30

murasaki shikibu

Question 31

Tale of Genji

Answer 31

Her novel, the Tale of Genji, is a Heian masterpiece and is today
considered one of the great
works of world literature.

Question 32

a short Japanese poem with a total of 31 syllables

Answer 32

tanka

Question 33

a form of theater involving music, dance and drama

Answer 33

Noh Drama