Chapter 8
Section 3
NOTEBOOK GUIDE WORLD HISTORY____________________________________________________
Early Japan and Korea
Main Idea: Japan’s history has been marked by power struggles between rulers and independent
families.
Key Content Terms
Samurai
Bushido
Zen
Code
Kyoto
Shinto
Yi Song-gye
Geography Skills
Please look at the map on page 279 of
your text & respond to the following
questions. Thank you.
Shogun
daimyo
Revenue
Osaka
Shotoku Taishi
Murasaki Shikibu
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Preview
4.
Please respond to each of the following in a
complete sentence. Thank you.
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6.
Please explain the facts of the Onin
War. (P. 281)
Please explain why was important for
the Japanese people to continue to
have an emperor even though he had
no real power. (P. 281)
Please explain why most of Japan’s
imports came from China and Korea.
(P. 281)
Please provide one example of each of
these aspects of life in Japan: social,
religious, and cultural. (P. 281-282)
Please explain which Asian country had
a greatest influence on Korean political
institutions. (P. 283)
Please explain how the tang dynasty
supported the kingdom of Silla in
gaining control of Korea. (P. 282)
5.
Please list the four major islands
and makeup Japan.
Please explain on which island the
major cities of early Japan are
located.
Please explain what geographic
features contributed to the
importance of Japan’s major cities.
Please explain what bodies of
water separate Japan from Korea.
Please explain what the distance is
from Japan to Korea.
Summarizing
Please read the section entitled “The Heian
Period” on page 280 of your text and write
a summary of the changes in Japan during
this period. Thank you.
Turning Point
Please read the turning point article on page to leave
your text and respond to each of the following in a
complete sentence. Thank you.
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2.
3.
Please explain how the Mongol attacks
changed Japan.
Please explain how Japan’s policy of
isolation helped the country.
Please explain how Japan’s policy of
isolation was detrimental to the country.
Collins 
In Collins format please describe and
discuss the role of women in early Japan.
Thank you.
The Big Idea
1. Please list the reforms in
government made by Shotoku
Taishi and his successors.
2. Please explain what China has such
a large role in Korea’s history.
3. Please explain its Korea had been
an island instead of a peninsula,
how might its history have been
different.
4. Please explain how the samurai
and the shogun affected the
government of early Japan.
5. Please explain how isolationism
affected Japan.