Wk2 - The Kamakura Shogunate

Which war helped Minamoto Yoritomo become the first shogun of Japan?

• Genpei War

• Mongol Invasions

• Battle of Uji

• Kamakura War

All (a)   were (b)   but not all samurai were daimyo.

• daimyo
• samurai
• emperors
• warriors
• leaders

Where is Japan?

Which two clans fought against each other in the Genpei War?

• Taira and the Minamoto clans

• Kamakura and the Shogunate clans

• Khubilai and the Daimyo clans

• Taira and the Samurai clans

The word (a)   came from the meaning 'divine winds' that helped to twice stop the Mongol invasion of Japan.

Samurai were given ​ (a)   to govern in exchange for military service and ​ (b)   to the shogun

• lands
• loyalty
• ships
• friendship
• gold

The bushido code was very important to the Samurai even before the Shogunate period

• True

• False

Samurai collected taxes from the peasants on their land and used that money to look after their households and military equipment. They became the new daimyo. - During which period did this happen?

• Before the Shogunates

• During the Genpei War

• During the Kamakura Shogunate

Match the changes from before and during the Kamakura Shogunate

• More honour and loyalty/ start of code

• Less independence/ ruled by daimyo

• Organised Military Loyal to Shogun

• Small-scale combat/ defense

• Full army tactics

• Not involved in politics

• Independent + more respected in society

• Did not follow a code

• Involved in local governance

• Private Soldiers/ Bodyguards

Put the events in chronological order

• Samurai collected taxes from the peasants on their land and used that money to look after their households and military equipment. They became the new daimyo.

• In 1185 a new government was founded by the Minamoto family in Kamakura, south of modern Tōkyō

• In 1274 and 1281 Mongols and Chinese led great expeditions across the seas to southwest Japan.

• Political power was centred in Kyoto with the emperor and nobles. Samurai were not a part of government.

• Samurai expertise in mounted archery and close combat made them crucial to the conflict.