Early Japan

Japan is a chain of islands known as an

• isolated

• archipelago

• peninsula

• island

The first emperor of Japan was

• Yayoi

• Shinto

• Jimmu

• Shotoku

Early Japanese people believed in animism, which is the idea that...

• everything has its own spirit

• animation

• worshiping animals

• animals are awesome

Animism led to a religion called Shinto, which means

• "way of the people"

• "way of the animals"

• "way of the land"

• "way of the gods"

A clan is a group of...

• animals

• family members

• friends

• birds

Ancestors of the Japanese who brought farming, lived in clans, and were lead by a warrior chief

• Yamato

• Jimmu

• archipelago

• Yayoi

A clan that ruled Japan in the 500s and believed they descended from the sun goddess

• Jimmu

• Yamato

• Yayoi

• Shinto

Shinto was the "way of the gods" but also influenced

• simplicity

• cleanliness

• good manners

• fun

This is a plan of government, or basic laws that define the role of government

• bill of rights

• archipelago

• constitution

• Yayoi

A Yamato prince who created a constitution and admired the Chinese culture

• Shotoku

• Jimmu

• Yayoi

• Yamato