Transcript MTV Japan - World History @ OMS

MTV Japan
Timeline & Vocabulary
Timeline Questions - pg 213-214
1. What two events happen around A.D. 900?
2. What was a world event that happened about a century before AD
900?
3. According to the timeline, how much time was there between
when Genghis Khan was chosen leader of the Mongols and when
the Mongols invaded Korea?
4. What year did Prince Shotoku write the Japanese constitution?
5. How much time was there between when the Vikings reached
North America and the Mongols invade northern Korea?
Vocabulary - Page 220-231
Archipelago - a chain of
islands.
Isolated - or separated from
others.
Page 221 & 222
Yamato - clan that ruled
most of Japan during the
A.D. 500s.
Animism - belief that
humans, animals, plants,
rocks, and rivers all have
their own spirits.
Page 222
Kami - spirits from nature.
Shinto - meaning “way of
the spirits.” Early Japanese
religion based on animism.
Page 222
Constitution - plan of
government.
Shotoku - Yamato prince
who wanted to give Japan a
strong, well organized
government.
Page 223 & 224
Nara - new capital of Japan (A.D.
700s) with broad streets, large
public squares, Buddhist temples,
and Shinto shrines.
Heian-kyo - modern-day
Kyoto - became the new
capital city in 794, after
Nara.
Page 225 & 226
Samurai - warriors who fought for
nobles. Fought on horseback with
swords, daggers, and bows and
arrows.
Shogun - commander of
military forces.
Page 226 & 227
Kamikaze - “divine wind”
named after typhoons that
destroyed Mongol ships.
Daimyo - powerful military
lords who pledged to obey
the emporer and shogun.
Page 227
Vassals - samurai who gave
an oath of loyalty to their
daimyo.
Feudalism - bond of loyalty
between a lord and vassal.
Page 228 & 229
Zen - sect of Buddhism that
taught that people could find
inner peace through selfcontrol and a simple way of
life.
Guilds - groups of artisans and
merchants who agreed to
protect their jobs and
increase their earnings.
Page 229
Martial Arts - sports that
involved combat and selfdefense.
Meditation - clearing the mind
of all worldly concerns. Used
as a way to for people to relax
and find inner peace.
Page 230
Murasaki Shikibu author of The Tale of
Genji.
Haiku - poetry established by
the Japanese, which consists
of 3 lines of words with a total
of 17 syllables.
Page 230 &231
Noh - type of play developed
out of religious dances and
used to teach Buddhist ideas.
Origami - art of folding
paper into decorative
objects.
Wrap it up!
Find 3 vocabulary words that can be used
together. Write a 2-3 sentence summary of how
they influenced Japanese history.