Introduction
In class we learned that individual warrior nobles in Japan were given the title of "samurai". The job of the samurai was to enforce laws in Japan. Working alongside the Japanese shoguns, samurai were able to be in control for over 700 years.
Task
Your job is to visit the website provided to you in order to search for answers for our mini scavenger hunt about samrais. In the "Process" part of this scavenger hunt, you will find the questions that you will need to answer.
Materials needed:
Sheet of notebook paper
- Sprial clippings cut/torn off
- First and last name, Date, and Period on the top left corner of your page
You do NOT need to write the questions on your paper. Only write your anwers in complete sentences. When answering, please skip lines, not skipping lines will result in points being deducted from your final score.
Process
Please visit the following website to answer questions for this scavenger hunt.
http://gosocialstudiesgo.wix.com/world-history#!samurai-japan/cfbn
Read "A Short History of Japan" and answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. What was the original name of the Japanese islands? How did it get this name?
2. Who was Yorimoto? What was his title?
Read "The Skinny on the Samurai" and answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. What weapons did the samurai carry?
2.Why was the sword so important to a samurai?
3. How did a samurai train? What religion did they practice?
4. What was the name of the cermeony that gave the samurai his sword?
Read "Bushido: The Way of the Warrior" and answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. What was the name of the code of conduct samurai's were expected to follow?
2. In your own words, summarize the code of conduct for a samurai.
Read "Ninja, Ronin, and other Cool Stuff" and answer the follwoing questions in complete sentences.
1. Why was a samurai without a Lord considered to be a low rank?
2. What was a Ronin?
3. What is the popular name for a Shinobi?
4. How did a ninja differ from a samurai?
Read "Buddhist Warrior Monks & the Art of Zen" and answer the following questions using complete sentences.
1. How did a samurai reach a state of nirvana? Why was this important?
2. What was the name given to a warrior monk?
3. Why did warrior monks come into existence?
Read "The Merchant in Medieval Japan" and answer the following questions using complete sentences.
1. What three inventions did the Japanese "borrow" from China?
2. How did the Japanese view the merchant class? Why?
3. Why were merchants important to Japan as a country?
Evaluation
Which would you rather be, a samurai, a ninja, a warrier monk, or a merchant? Explain in 3-5 sentences why.
When you finish please give your papers to Miss Turner.