Answer Questions in complete sentences.
1. What conditions led to the development of feudalism in both
Western Europe and Japan?
2. In the feudal system in both Europe and Japan, what did
lesser nobles give to lords in exchange for grants of land?
3. What military figure existed in Japan but not in Europe?
4. What religious figure existed in Europe but not in Japan?
5. What different religious or belief systems influenced people
in the two regions?
DOCUMENT A
Answer the questions in complete sentences using evidence from
the document (images and words) to support your claims.
1. What is the purpose of drawing a social pyramid?
2. What group in Japan was like lords in Europe?
3. In Japan, what was the relationship between samurai and
daimyos?
4. In Europe, what was the relationship between knights and
lords?
5. Based on this document, were the similarities between samurai
and knights greater than the differences? Provide evidence to
support your claim.
DOCUMENT B
Answer the questions in complete sentences using evidence from
the document (images and words) to support your claims
6. Where was the relationship between lord and warrior
hereditary? What does that mean?
7. What evidence is there that the bond between lord and samurai
in Japan was strong?
8. About how many acres might be required to support a knight in
western Europe?
9.Based on this document, what was an important similarity
between samurai and knights?
10.Based on this document, what was an important difference
between samurai and knights?
Document C
Answer the questions in complete sentences using evidence from
the document (images and words) to support your claims.
11. What are the three examples of the kind of training received
by young samurai hopefuls?
12. What are the three examples of the kind of training received
by pages hoping to become knights?
13. In what ceremony and at what age was a Japanese trainee
inducted into the samurai class?
14. At what age did a European page become a squire? When did a
squire become a knight?
DOCUMENT D
15.What is the main purpose of suits of armor?
16.Both the samurai and knights generally fought on horseback.
Who would have been in the most trouble if he was knocked from his
horse or his horse was killed? Explain your thinking.
17. Military historians speak of the difference between shock
warfare (striking the enemy with weapons like swords, lances, or
axes) and projective warfare (shooting or throwing arrows,
javelins, and bullets). Judging from the armor, which kind of
warfare was fought by samurai and knights? In each case, explain
your thinking.
18.Based on the document, what was an important similarity
between samurai and knight armor?
19.Based on the document, what was an important difference
between samurai and knight armor?
Document E
Answer the questions in complete sentences using evidence from
the document (images and words) to support your claims.
20. What are the main characteristics of bushido?
21. What are the main characteristics of chivalry?
22. Which code of honor was written first? How many years were
between the writings?
23. What should a samurai do if there is conflict between
dealing with a family problem and one involving the people he
serves?
Document F
Answer the questions in complete sentences using evidence from
the document (images and words) to support your claims.
24. What is the main idea of the first samurai poem?
25. What is the main idea of the second samurai poem?
26. How would you describe the French knights view of life?
27. In general, were the responses to the death of the samurai
and the knight similar or different? Explain.
Fill out the graphic organizer:
Samurai and Knights: Were their similarities greater than their
differences?
What are you going to prove? Circle one
Samurai and knights were more similar.
Samurai and knights were more different.
I. (introduction)
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B.
C.
D.
II. Argument #1
A.
B.
III. Argument #2
A.
B.
IV. Argument #3
A.
B.
Conclusion
A.
B.
C.
I. First Paragraph
A. Attention grabber: May be a question, statement or quote that
leads the reader to the issue.
B. Background information leading to the issue
C. State the issue
D. Thesis statement (your claim)
II. Argument #1
A. Concrete Detail: Facts, examples, quotations, or statistics
that back up or support the topic sentence of this paragraph.
B. Commentary: Explain how your evidence supports the topic
sentence and relates to the thesis
III. Argument #2
A. Concrete Detail: Facts, examples, quotations, or statistics
that back up or support the topic sentence of this paragraph.
B. Commentary: Explain how your evidence supports the topic
sentence and relates to the thesis
IV. Argument #3
A. Concrete Detail: Facts, examples, quotations, or statistics
that back up or support the topic sentence of this paragraph.
B. Commentary: Explain how your evidence supports the topic
sentence and relates to the thesis
Conclusion
1. Restatement of thesis (As you can see, in conclusion)
B. Summarize your arguments
C. Final thought: End your essay with a powerful statement or a
strong question or challenge that gets your reader thinking.
