Early Japan Crossword Activity

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  1. 3. These gates called often mark the entrance to a Shinto shrine.
  2. 5. A group of families who share a common ancestor
  3. 6. The Yamato claimed their line of emperors was directly descended from this chief Shinto deity who was the goddess of the sun.
  4. 12. A person who rules when a monarch or emperor is unable to do so.
  5. 13. Immigrants from mainland Asia who arrived in Japan about 300 BCE and introduced the technique of growing rice in irrigated fields.
  6. 14. In 646, these reforms were enacted by the Japanese government and meant “great change."
  7. 15. The highest mountain in Japan; it has always been an important symbol for the Japanese people
  8. 17. One of the most powerful clans in Japan.
  9. 23. One of Japan's four main islands; located just south of Honshu.
  10. 25. Along with Honshu, this island has been the historic heartland of political, economic, and social development in Japan.
  11. 29. A chain of islands.
  12. 30. The Japanese nation developed largely from one ethnic group thanks to this reason.
  13. 31. During the Nara period, Japanese emperors gave government positions to this group.
  14. 33. During the Nara period, this religion became powerful in Japan.
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  1. 1. The largest of Japan's four main islands
  2. 2. People from _______ and Korea first settled Japan about 30,000 years ago.
  3. 4. The practice of Shinto affects the Japanese people today as it has contributed to their love of this.
  4. 7. Korean and Chinese ________ brought with them knowledge about Buddhism, writing systems, and making metal, paper, and silk to Japan.
  5. 8. The Taika Reforms said that all land belonged to the ________.
  6. 9. Responsible for issuing Japan’s first constitution, which skilfully mixed Confucian and Buddhist ideas.
  7. 10. Followers of Shinto worship these divine spirits or gods
  8. 11. In the early 700s, Japanese emperors built a new capital city that had broad streets, large public squares, Buddhist temples, and Shinto shrines.
  9. 16. Name the Japanese called their country, which means “land of the rising sun.”
  10. 18. Because of underwater earthquakes, Japan also is at risk from huge ocean waves called _______.
  11. 19. An area of intense earthquakes and volcanic activity that arcs around the basin of the Pacific Ocean.
  12. 20. This Japanese empress won the throne and named her 21-year-old nephew as her regent.
  13. 21. This percent of Japan's land is available for farming and living.
  14. 22. Destructive storms called ____ are common in Japan
  15. 24. The northernmost of Japan's four main islands.
  16. 26. This group emerged about 10,000 years ago in Japan and were hunters, gatherers, and fishers who lived in caves and shallow pit dwellings
  17. 27. In 702, a new law code made the leader of the Yamato clan the official emperor and said that he should be called “Son of _____."
  18. 28. This person, who could be male or female, headed a social class system in which a small aristocracy, or group of wealthy people, was supported by many farmers, artisans, and slaves.
  19. 32. Japan’s most ancient religion, which means “way of the spirits.”