Answers to Medieval Japan Study Guide

1.      Minamoto Yoritomo

2.      Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu

3.      Jimmu

4.      Samurai

5.      The military government of Japan

6.      A great female novelist

7.      How to achieve inner peace

8.      A general who made himself shogun

9.      Warriors fought for control

10.  The Yamato

11.  Were loyal to the nobles

12.  Were nobles from powerful families

13.  Created a strong central government

14.  Kyushu

15.  So he would not be overthrown

16.  Their ships were smashed by storms

17.  Rice and wheat

18.  The art of writing beautifully

19.  Feudalism

20.  Prepared them for the afterlife

21.  Warriors

22.  Everything in nature has a spirit

23.  China

24.  Constitution

25.  Martial arts

Medieval Japan Study Guide

1.      Who was Japan’s first Shogun?

2.      Name four of the largest islands in Japan.

3.      Who was the first of the Yamato leaders in Japan?

4.      What was the name of warriors who agreed to fight for nobles in exchange for land?

5.      What was a shogunate?

6.      Who was Murasaki Shikibu?

7.      What did Zen Buddhism teach?

8.      Who was Ashikaga Takauji?

9.      The Onin War was a time when…

10.  Today’s emperor of Japan is descended from which clan?

11.  List some characteristics of the samurai.

12.  Government officials during the Nara Period were hired because they…

13.  What did the Yamato do during the Great Change?

14.  Which of the four major Japanese islands is the farthest south?

15.  Why did the emperor create the title of shogun?

16.  What happened when the Mongols attacked Japan?

17.  What crops did Japanese farmers grow?

18.  What is calligraphy?

19.  A bond of loyalty between a lord and a vassal is known as what?

20.  Most Japanese believed that Buddhism benefited them how?

21.  Yayoi clans were headed by whom?

22.  What do people who follow Shinto believe?

23.  What country’s government did Prince Shotoku use as an example for Japan?

24.  What is a written plan of government called?

25.  This sport taught the Japanese to control their bodies through combat and self-defense.