12.3 Medieval Japan

someone who governs a country in the name of a ruler who is unable to rule, often because of age

• samurai

• regent

• daimyo

• shogun

Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land.

• bushido

• gempei

• samurai

• shikibu

The Feudal Japanese code of honor among the warrior class.

• chivalry

• bushido

• kami

• haiku

Japanese poetry that expresses a mood or feeling / often about nature. It contains three lines of words with 17 syllables.

• Haiku

• Bushido

• Gempei

• Daimyo

The _______________ War of AD 1180 was a Japanese civil war between the Minamoto and Taira clans?

• Minamoto

• Taira

• Yamato

• Gempei

A _______________ is the commander of all of the emperor’s military forces.

• Shogun

• Daimyo

• Emperor

• Vassal

The ___________________ tried 2x to take over Japan but failed both times.

• Chinese

• Koreans

• Vikings

• Mongols

A(n) ___________________ is a high ranking lord of feudal Japan.

• Daimyo

• Samurai

• Regent

• Emperor

Japan's first shogun

• Murasaki Shikibu

• Minamoto Yoritomo

• Akihito

• Prince Shotoku

A novel is a long fictional story. What is the name of the world’s first written novel?

• The Way of the Warrior

• The Spirits Within

• Arabian Nights

• The Tale of Genji