7th Grade Medieval Japan

What ocean lies next to Japan

• Atlantic

• Indian

• Pacific

• Specific

Japan is a chain of

• Peninsulas

• Islands

• Oceans

• Temples

Japan is located on what continent?

• North America

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

Japan organized themselves into clans which are

• groups of families related by blood or marriage

• groups of people seperated by blood

• groups of people seperated by land

• groups of families united by song

the belief that all natural things are alive and have their own spirits

• animism
• meditation
• vassal
• tanka

Spirits that dwelled in nature in Japan were known as...

• Nymphs

• Kami

• Samurai

• Wraiths

What group of people were skilled warriors and enforced the rules?

• Shoguns
• Daiymos
• Samurais
• Peasants

a short, three lined poem of 17 syllables that describes nature scenes

• haiku
• samurai
• shogun
• daimyo

group of families related by blood or marriage

• clan

• dynasty

• feudalism

• animism

Which crop was a major source of food for the Japanese?

• Wheat
• Corn
• Rice
• Barley