Japan
SHINTO
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Geography
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Only ______________ away from China
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Is an ______________ – a group of islands
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Name another Archipelago you know of:
_____________________
Japan is made up of __________ islands!
Shinto means = _____________
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Respected ___________ and the
worship of ancestors
___________ – divine spirits that dwelled
in nature
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Beautiful tree, rock, waterfall
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Home of _______
A traditional Japanese _______
that is found at the _________
way into a Shinto ___________
Geographical ADVANTAGES
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Torii
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plenty of rainfall
Shinto and Buddhism
Geographical DISADVANTAGES
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Very mountainous
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Only 15% of land is _______________
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Short in natural resources like: ________,
oil, ___________
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Japan experiences _______________,
earthquakes and _______________
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Buddhism started in ________->
_________ -> _________ ->
_________
The Samurai
Japanese Buddhism
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Japan was _______________ by
Buddhism’s ________________,
beautiful ceremonies and art
Soldiers became _____________ and
preyed on farmers and travelers
_____________ and _________
began to get combined
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Chinese Influence
Landowners surrounded themselves
with bodyguards or SAMURAI
(_______________________)
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Lived according to the
BUSHIDO
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______________ – code of
behavior or “the way of the
warrior”
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System of _____________
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Ways of painting
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Show ______________
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Followed Chinese styles of
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______________ to gods
____________, gardening,
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_____________________
_____________
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Die an honorable death
______________ and hairdressing
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____________________________
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Tried the civil service exam but nobles
were too powerful
Japan Decline
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Japan was attacked
and taken over by
the Mongols led by
_______________