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| an elegant Japanese woman, who offers entertainment to gentlemen; dancing, singing, pouring tea |
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| a group or chain of several islands |
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| The capital city of medieval Japan |
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| a system in which poor people are legally bound to work for rich landowners |
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| a Japanese medieval warrior |
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| Japanese feudal lords, often at war with each other |
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| the code or rules of behavior for samurai |
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| the supreme military and political commander of Japan |
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| How were the islands of Japan formed? |
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| What geological feature makes travel difficult on the islands of Japan? |
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| What are two reasons the sea was important in Japan? |
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| trade and travel between islands and helped to protect Japan from invasion |
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| What geologic feature of Japan contributed to its isolation? |
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| Before the Heian period in Japan from whom did Japan borrow literature, laws and religion? |
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| Around the year 800 AD what did Japan start to emphasize? |
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| its own traditios and culture. |
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| How long did Japan's isolation last during the Heian Empire? |
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| What was the capital city of medieval Japan? |
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| What kind of life did the rich of early Japan live? |
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| During the 1000's in Japan what did the Emperor begin to lose? |
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| In medieval Japan, who owned armies? |
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| What were the samurai expected to do if they disobeyed the bushido? |
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| When the Samurai gained power themselves what did they form? |
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| When samurai and noblemen wanted a distraction who did they hire |
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| Who was at the top of the Japanese social class structure? |
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| Nobles, warriors, and paid soldiers like the Shogun, Daimyos and Samurai were in what social class? |
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| What percent of the people in Medieval Japan were peasants? |
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| crafts people who made goods to be sold by merchants |
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| What did the Merchant class do and how was this viewed? |
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| sold crafts and other goods; this was seen as unworthy and crude |
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| warrior people from Mongolia |
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| Who was the leader of the Mongols? |
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| Was Kublai Khan able to conquer Japan? How many times did he try? |
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| What country had ships that landed in Japan in 1543? |
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| What did the Portuguese have that the Japanese were interested in? |
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| Why did trade between Japan and Europe open up? |
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| Many Japanese converted from Shinto to what religion? |
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| Is Shinto monotheistic or polytheistic? |
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| Who was the powerful shogun that took power in 1603? |
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| What was Tokugawa determined to end? |
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| Fighting between the warlords |
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| Was the time of the Tokugawa Shogunate a time of peace or war? |
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| Why did Tokugawa isolate Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate? |
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| To protect from Europe invading and conquering them. |
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| What religion did the Tokugawa Shogunate outlaw? |
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| By 1638 when Japan's ports closed, how long was Japan isolated? |
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