Japan Vocabulary Challenge | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Name three staff members at Winship that aren't teachers.

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What the capital of the world?

There is no capital of the world!. But if there was, it should probably be Shanghai, China because it's the largest city at over 20 million

What's Mr. Mitchell's favorite show on cartoon network?

Adventure Time

Name one player on the Utah Jazz (the best team in the NBA)

Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert, Joe Ingles, etc...

T/F Government in ancient Japan was ruled by one powerful emperor

False! Power was divided among clans, called uji

Family life in ancient Japan centered around the mother.

true!

T/F Rice was Japan's main crop

True!

T/F Ancient Japan was an industrial society

False! It was an agricultural society.

List three ways by which knowledge of mainland culture came to Japan

1. from Japanese who traveled to China 2. through gifts sent from the mainland to Japan 3. from Korean workers who settled in Japan

Describe Japan’s government BEFORE it was influenced by countries on the Asian mainland

Before it was influenced by countries on the mainland, Japan’s government was ruled by an emperor who had loose control over clans called uji.

Under his leadership, japan borrowed heavily from China. Besides China's government style, japan also borrowed their social structure, philosophy, calendar, and religions.

Prince Shotoku

the return of a past state, situation, or ruler

restoration

styles of fighting or self-defense, such as modern-day judo and karate, that began mostly in Asia

martial arts

a samurai code that called on warriors to be honest, fair, and fearless

Bushido

A local lord in Japan in the era of the samurai

Daimyo

a form of Buddhism that stresses self-reliance and achieving enlightenment through meditation

Zen Buddhism

a member of a powerful warrior class in Japan

samurai

the head of the military government of Japan in the era of the samurai

shogun

a Japanese novel and Heian masterpiece written by Murasaki Shikibu; considered one of the great works of world literature

Tale of Genji

a period in a nation's past during which its culture and society attained the height of achievement

Golden Age

a male member of a ruler's court

courtier

the cultural flowering in Japan that took place between the late 8th and the late 12th centuries

The Heian period

a tower-shaped structure with several stories and upturned, tiled roofs

pagoda

Also known as Kami-no-michi, it is the traditional religion of Japan.

Shinto

a spiritual discipline that involves deep relaxation and clearing the mind of distracting thoughts

meditation