Early Japan and Korea

2. Buddhism became the ______ religion of each Korean kingdom (400s-600s)
3. Popular with Aristocrats and Samurais; different paths to enlightenment
7. Under the _____ shogunate, Mongol ruler attempted to invade Japan.
9. Koryo adopted ____ political institutions.
11. Head of noble families in Japan who controlled estates and relied on samurai for protection.
13. Taishi created a _______ system of govt., based on the Chinese model.
16. In the 7th century, he was a Yamato prince and the first to unify the Japanese clans.
18. A strict warrior code
19. "General," a powerful military leader in Japan.
21. The ____ War, a civil war that destroyed the capital city
22. The kingdom of ___ gained control of the region with the support of the Tang.

1. Unable to gain tax ______, the government in the Nara Period lost power.
4. The Koryo dynasty broke down with the fall of the ______ dynasty.
5. A new class whose purpose was to protect the security of their employers.
6. This was a religion brought from monks from China ~500AD
8. Japan is a mountainous ______, or chain of many islands.
10. World's first greatest novels; The Tale of ____
12. Early Japanese societies were made up of ______.
14. After the civil war in Korea, a new dynasty called ____ emerged in the 900s.
15. This clan had the political power at the beginning of the Nara Period.
17. Samurai emerged during the _____ period.
20. the Japanese state religion; divinity of the emperor