Ancient Japan, China, and Korea

Korea lies on a peninsula in Northwest Asia

• True

• False

In Korea, the Three Kingdoms were at peace and worked well with one another.

• True

• False

The Japanese prince Shotoku was hostile toward China and prevented his people from having any contact with the Chinese.

• True

• False

Mongol attacks on Japan in the late 1200s were turned back with the help of violent typhoons.

• True

• False

Because Japan is mountainous, many Japanese made a living by fishing.

• True

• False

Chain of islands

• reef

• bay

• archipelago

• isthmus

Japanese warriors who fought for nobles in exchange for land.

• bushido

• ninja

• samurai

• kubuki

sport involving combat and self-defense

• darts

• jahai

• martial arts

• shamanism

belief in spirits

• Noh

• shamanism

• dreamism

• ju jitsu

New Japanese capital city built in early 700s C.E.

• Chang'an

• Tokyo

• Nara

• Hanoi