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33 Cards in this Set
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Shinto |
the traditional religion of Japan, based on worship of and respect for nature and ancestors
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Regent |
a person who rules in place of an absent or underage monarch
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Embassy |
an office of one country’s government in another country
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Zen |
a Japanese form of Buddhism, focusing on self discipline, simplicity, and meditation
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Noh |
a form of Japanese drama developed in the AD 1300s, often featuring retellings of legends and folktales presented by actors in painted wooden masks
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Kabuki |
a form of Japanese drama developed in the AD 1600s, featuring melodramatic singing and dancing, heavy makeup, and elaborate costumes
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Haiku |
a Japanese form of poem, containing 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, 5 syllables.
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Daimyo |
a Japanese lord with large landholdings and a private samurai army, who paid no taxes to the government |
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Samurai |
a trained warrior of the Japanese aristocracy
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Vassal |
in feudal society, a person who received land and protection from a lord in return for loyalty.
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Shogun |
a Japanese military leader- one of a group that first came to power in AD 1192 and ruled on the emperor’s behalf but usually in their own interests
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Celadon |
a type of Korean pottery, often with a bluish-green color |
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Angkor Wat |
a complex of temples in South east Asia, built in the AD 1100s, that covers nearly one square mile and is the largest religious structure in the world
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Prince Shotoku |
a regent who ruled Japan from AD 593 to 622 and brought elements of Chinese culture-in particular, the Buddhist religion-to the country
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Lady Murasaki Shikibu |
a Japanese writer of the early AD 1000s, who wrote The Tale of Genji considered one of the world’s first novels
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Fujiwara clan |
wealthy nobles who ruled Japan in the 800s
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Oda Nobunaga |
a daimyo who began to reunite Japan and won nearly half of Japan
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi |
Nobunaga’s best general who took his place
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Tokugawa Ieyasu |
successor of Hideyoshi who founded a dynasty in Japan called the Tokugawa Shogunate
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Tokugawa Shogunate |
the rule of Tokugawa Ieyasu and his successors in Japan, which began in AD 1603 and brought a 250 year period of stability to the country
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Silla kingdom |
The kingdom that was founded in Korea by nomads after they overthrew Chinese rule
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Koryo kingdom |
a kingdom of the Korean peninsula, established in AD 935 after the collapse of the Silla kingdom
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Khmer empire |
the most powerful and longest lasting kingdom on the mainland of southeast Asia centered in what is today Cambodia
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Nam Viet |
a Vietnamese kingdom conquered by the Chinese in 111 BC
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Dai Viet |
vietnamese kingdom founded after they overthrew Chinese rule by the Trung sisters
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Japan |
a group of islands 120 miles of the coast of Asia
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Khmer Empire / Cambodia |
in Southeast Asia
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Vietnam |
in Southeast Asia
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What geographic challenges have the Japanese faced?
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-not enough farming land -natural disasters (tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanoes) -few natural resources (coal, oil)
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For what actions was the Tokugawa Shogunate noted?
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-founded a dynasty with a capital called, Edo, later called Tokyo -separated Japan from foreign influence, contacts, and trade
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What important influence did the Silla kingdom have on Korea, and how did it achieve this?
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The Silla kingdom united Korea for the first time by driving out the remaining Chinese and conquering the other two kingdoms that were fighting for power and ruling itself on its own.
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Describe the feudal system in Japan.
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The feudal system in Japan had daimyo who owned big estates and land and had their own private samurai army. Smaller landowners, or vassals, pledged their loyalty to the daimyo for their protection. Central government was weak.
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The Chinese had a powerful influence on Japan. Give two examples of these influences and explain how the Japanese adapted them.
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-Buddhism- adapted it to fit their own needs and preferences, like Zen -Writing- used Chinese characters to write Japanese words to stand for objects, actions, or ideas.
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