Ch. 5

Assessment- page 300/301

Q. 1

• Military leader of Japan?

A. 1

• Shogun

Q. 2

• Artisans/merchants formed ? for protection/profit?

A. 2

• guilds

Q. 3

• Yayoi formed ? which headed by small group of warriors?

A. 3

• Clans

Q. 4

• In ?, person clears mind of all thoughts/desires

A. 4

• meditation

Q. 5

• The ? Is unrhymed poem of five lines

A. 5

• tanka

Q. 6

• Vassal gave oath of loyalty to his ?

A. 6

• daimyo

Q. 7

• Private armies of Japanese nobles were made up of ?

A. 7

• samurai

Q. 8

• Buddhism divided into many different ?

A. 8

• sects

Q. 9

• How geography shape Japanese society?

A. 9

• Mountains limited amount of farmland. People turned to fishing/trading.

Q. 10

• How Shotoku use Chinese government/culture as model?

A. 10

• Created constitution that gave power to emperor

• Set up bureaucracy• Sent officials/students to China to study• Built Buddhists temples/monasteries

Q. 11

• Roles of shoguns?

A. 11

• Military leaders chosen by emperor to govern• Controlled military forces• Ruled provinces through samurai

Q. 12

• What happened when shogun’s power weakened?

A. 12

• Japan broke into warring kingdoms ruled by daimyo

Q. 13

• How religion shape Japan’s culture?

A. 13

• Shinto/Buddhism influenced construction of temples

• Inspired art, poetry, plays

Q. 14

• How did shogun period affect different groups of Japanese people?

A. 14.

• Some nobles, merchants, artisans grew wealthy• Women’s roles were limited– Loss of freedom for upper class women– Farm life = did have louder “voice” as to whom

they married– Towns = wives of merchants/artisans help run

family business/ran home– Despite limited roles in society, some went on to

gain freedom as artists, writers, warriors

Q. 15

• Why early Japanese people so independent?

A. 15

• Islands/mountains limited contact w/rest of Asia.

Q. 15

• What were major differences between reign of shogun and rule of daimyo?

Q. 16

• Major differences between shogun/daimyo?

A. 16

Shogun Daimyo

Japan united under shogun -Prior to emerging of shoguns, emperor’s power pooped out [declined] see p. 304though still “figurehead” of country-The top ranking Japanese families warred w/each other using samurai to gain control over emperor/government-Saw creation of “ shogunate”—military government •Next u00 years, Japan saw gov’t ruled by a line of shoguns

Japan split apart under daimyo -lived independently -local armies ruled by samurai warriors who eventually gave loyalty [vassals, oath of loyalty] over to his daimyo—in return, given more land -weakened central gov’t saw outbreaks of fighting among Japan’s warriors -shoguns couldn’t regain control because powerful daimyo fought against this control for they wanted to rule Japan

Q. 17

• One of four major Japanese island home to country’s major cities?

A. 17

• Honshu

Q. 18

• How Japan’s geography/location help it become greater center of production/trade?

A. 18

• Japan made up of islands– Cities, where production usually happened, are

near water—this encourages trade

Q. 26

• Which areas [map] represent Japan’s neighboring countries?

A. 26

• C. K & L

Q. 16