Name__________________________________________Date___________Class_______Period_____

Feudal Japan Directions:Readpages516-521in“NewAsianEmpires”fromtheHoltWorldHistoryonlinetextbook.YouwillfindthelinkonPupilPathandMrCaseyHistory.comunderthattitle.Answerthequestionsbelowbasedonthatreading,andbereadytoshowyoursamuraiskillsduringthenextclass!

1. WhoweretheSamurai,andwhatmotivatedlandownerst0hirethem?

2. IdentifysimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweentheFeudalismofJapanandthatofEurope.YouMUSTincludeATLEASTTHREEexamplesforEACHside,thoughmorearewelcome.Intheprocess,definethetermsbushidoandseppuku,andifpossible,mention“chivalry.”

Similarities

Differences

3. Describetheconditionofthecentralgovernment,orthelackthereof,bothbeforeandaftertheriseoftheMinamotoclan.(Note:“Nominally”meansinnameonlybutnotinactualpractice.)Intheprocess,definethetermshogun.

Before Minamoto

After Minamoto

4. TRUEORFALSE:“TheMongolsinvadedJapan.”Explainyourchoice.

5. Describetheconditionofthecentralgovernment,orthelackthereof,firstaftertheMongolinvasionsandthenaftertheriseoftheTokugawas.Intheprocess,definethetermdaimyo.

After the Mongols

Under Tokugawa

6. Drawadiagram(itcanbeinpyramidformifyoulike,althoughpagodaformwouldbenicetoo)showingthesocialstructureofFeudalJapan,showingthesocialstratificationofthetime.

7. HowdidcontactandinteractionwithEuropeansimpactJapan?

8. WriteaHaikupoemaboutanythingrelatedtoJapanesefeudalism.