Social Studies Chapter 8

Question 1

What is a clan?

Answer 1

Families of people related by blood or marriage.

Question 2

What was the traditional religion of Japan?

Answer 2

Shinto

Question 3

What two things was Shinto based on?

Answer 3

1. ) respect for ancestors

2. ) nature

Question 4

What was the Japanese form of Buddhism called?

Answer 4

Zen

Question 5

What did Zen focus on?

Answer 5

meditation

Question 6

What was a regent?

Answer 6

A person who ruled in place of an absent monarch or child.

Question 7

What are three things Prince Shotoku did to learn more about the Chinese culture?

Answer 7

1. Sent scholars and artists to study Chinese society.
2. he welcomed skilled workers from China to Japan.
3. He opened a Japanese embassy in China.

Question 8

Because Japan was a mountainous island, what was an important part of their diet?

Answer 8

Fish

Question 9

Prince Shotoku created the Seventeen Article Constitution, this was a set of guidelines for the who?

Answer 9

For government leaders

Question 10

What were typical Noh plays about?

Answer 10

Retellings of legends and folktales.

Question 11

What three things did Kabuki( a style of theater include?

Answer 11

1. melodramatic singing and dancing
2. elaborate costumes and heavy makeup
3. only men played the roles

Question 12

What did Japanese art focus on?

Answer 12

simplicity and natural beauty

Question 13

What does Feudalism mean?

Answer 13

The political or social system in which lords gave land to vassals in exchange for service and loyalty.

Question 14

Why was Feudalism necessary in Japan?

Answer 14

because there wasn’t a strong central government.

Question 15

What is a vassal?

Answer 15

a person who received land and protection from a lord in return for loyalty.

Question 16

What was the Samurai’s code of honor called?

Answer 16

bushido