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| The old Japanese name for their land is Nippon. What does Nippon mean? |
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| Nippon means land of the rising sun. This is what the Japanese walled their contry because they believed that their country was the frist land to see the sun every morning. |
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| To unite Japan, Prince Shotoku had to shrink the power of what group of people? |
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| clan leaders. He did this by encouraging the spread of Buddhism. If everyone practiced Buddhism, the importance of the clan leaders would be lesser. |
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| The samurai followed the code of Bushido. To whom did the smaurai owe their greatest loyalty under the code? |
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| Loyalty to one's lord was most important; even if it meant death. Loyalty to one's lord was even more important then one's family, religion, or even emperor |
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| WHat was the connection between Buddhism and Japan's first constitution? |
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| Japan’s first constitution, called the Constitution of Seventeen Articles, was based on Buddhist and Confucian thoughts. |
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| Why was the average peasant have relied daimyo? |
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| The daimyo relied on the peasants to work their land. In return, the daimyo provided protection for the peasants. The peasants relied on the daimyo for work and protection. |
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| Tell two things that you know about Prince Shotoku gaining the power to rule Japan. |
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| He reduced the power of clan leaders by encouraging the spread of Buddhism. If people stopped worshiping the local kami, then the clan leaders would lose importance. He also wrote the first constitution, or plan of government, called the Constitution of Seventeen Articles. |
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| Prince Shotoku started many changes that were continued by leaders that came after him. How did those changes affect the average Japanese family? |
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| land was no longer handed down from father to son. |
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| What came to Japan from Korea in AD 552? |
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| When the Fujiwara family took power in Japan, rival clans set up private armies who were loyal to who? |
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| Why did Minamoto Yoritomo change the role of the shogun? |
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| He wanted to rule as an emperor, even though he was a shogun. |
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| What did Japan borrow around AD 500? |
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| THey began to borrow writing systems from China. |
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ESSAY- Why did Tokugawa Ieyasu order the diamyos to destroy their
castles? |
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Example- After uniting the country of Japan once more in 1600, Ieyasu ordered the daimyos to destroy their castles and spend much of the year in Edo, the new capital because he wanted to watch over them. The reason why he wanted to watch over them is because he didn’t want them to try to overpower him and become shogun. He thought that they might go and train a private army to try to attach him. He knew that if this happened, there was a good chance that he would lose his title as shogun. Not only did this order give him more assurance in his safety, it also ended the violence in Japan at last. This was because all of Japan was under one ruler, unified, rather than the ruler ruling daimyos and then the daimyos ruling the population. This new system of government eliminated the fuedal system. Also, with the old system, there could be communication problem and the daimyos could also not listen to the emperor. With inconsistent ways of ruling, this could cause conflict between the clans. |
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