Medieval Asia (LT 3&4)

Samurai are expected to learn and practice calligraphy

• Samurais need to be

  students of culture as

  well as fierce warriors.

• Only on weekends
• Only during war
• So samurais know how to read and write.

A short form of poetry developed by the Japanese that focuses on love and the beauty of nature is called ____________.

• Tanka

• Limerick
• Sonnet
• Ballad

Bushido is...

• a city

• a type of Japanese tea ceremony
• a Samurai code

• a style of Japanese calligraphy

A samurai pledged to....

• serve and protect their shogun

• betray their lord and master
• lead the military government

• abandon their duties and responsibilities

A shogun is....

• a type of Japanese flower

• a form of ancient Japanese poetry
• a traditional Japanese dance
• the head of the military government

A Daimyo is...

• A type of Japanese flower arrangement
• A traditional Japanese dance
• A form of martial arts in Japan
• A local lord in Japan

The Japanese writing system was adopted from the...

• Chinese writing system
• Russian writing system
• Arabic writing system
• Korean writing system

Buddhism spread to Japan from...

• Tokyo

• The Himalayas

• Northwest Asia

• India and then Korea

The Japanese developed multi-roofed architectural style called _________

• arches

• ancient pyramid

• the Dome

• the Pagoda

Japanese borrowed the idea of a strong central

government from

• Brazil
• China
• Russia
• India