Heian and Kamakura Period

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

• Genpei War

• Mongol Invasions

• Battle of Uji

• Kamakura War

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

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

Which is the correct timeline?

• Ashikaga, Tokugawa, Heian, Kamakura

• Tokugawa, Heian, Kamakura, Ashikaga

• Heian, Kamakura, Ashikaga, Tokugawa

• Tokugawa, Ashikaga, Heian, Kamakura

Wealthy land owner, also the head of a clan group

• Bakufu

• Samurai

• Shogun

• Daimyo

The Heian Period began with...

• the Tiara clan taking power.

• Amaterasu taking over as emperor.

• King Kong destroying Edo.

• the capital moving from Nara to Heiankyō.

The name for a land grant given by the Emperor.

• prefecture

• shoen

• bakufu

• busshi

These winds were credited for destroying the Mongol Invasion of Japan.

• Hurricane Winds

• Zephyrus Winds

• The North Winds

• Kamikaze Winds

The shogun was the...

• ruler of Japan

• supreme military leader

• lead samurai

• lead Buddhist sculptor

This left the Minamoto clan weakened at the end of the Kamakura Period.

• An influx of immigrants from Korea

• The death of the shogun

• Invasion of the Mongols

• The death of Minamoto Yoritomo