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History Jeopardy History Jeopardy People Culture Places Surprise 200 200 200 200 400 400 400 400 600 600 600 600 800 800 800 800 PEOPLE- 200 Toyotomi Hideyoshi Who is the second Great Unifier? Back to Board PEO PLE - 400 Oda Nobunaga replaced ________ in 1573. Ashikaga Yoshiaki Back to Board PEO PLE - 600 Tokugawa Ieyasu moved the government from A to B. Kyoto W hat is A? W hat is B? Tokyo A B Back to Board PEO PLE - 800 ___ ____ started the sakokupolicy. ___ ___ ended it. Tokugawa Iemitsu① Matthew Perry ② Back to Board CULTURE - 200 What form of theater uses elaborate wigs and makeup? Kabuki! Back to Board CULTURE - 400 How many people operate a Bunraku puppet? 3! Back to Board CULTURE - 600 Sen no Rikyu was the tea master for Tokugawa Ieyasu. True or False? False! Sen no Rikyu was the tea master for Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Back to Board CULTURE - 800 What are the different groups in the shinokoshoclass system? __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Warrior/Samurai Far mer Artisan Merchant ① ② ③ ④ Back to Board PLAC ES - 200 W hat castle is this? Hint: A_____ Azuchi Castle! Back to Board PLAC ES - 400 What period was this temple built in? The Muromachi Period Hint: It was built in 1397. Back to Board PLAC ES - 600 W hat was Kyoto originally called? _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ H E I A N KYO Back to Board PLAC ES - 800 Toyotomi Hideyoshi built Castle A and A C ast le B. B Osaka Castle in 1583 and Fushimi-Momoyama Castle in 1594. Back to Board SURPRISE - 200 During the sakokuperiod, foreigners were not allowed to come to Japan. True or False? True! During sakoku, foreigners were not allowed into the country. Japanese people were not allowed to leave. Back to Board SURPRISE - 400 Ashikaga Yoshiaki wanted Oda Nobunaga’s help to take back power after the _________________. A. Shimabara Rebellion B. Eiroku Incident C. Honnoji Incident D. Battle of Sekigahara B. Eiroku Incident Back to Board SURPRISE - 600 The ___A___ was an event that took place in 1600, to decide who would be leader after Toyotomi Hideyoshi died in 1598. ____B____ won. Hints: (A) Battle (B) The 3rd Great Unifier A. Battle of Sekigahara B. Tokugawa Ieyasu Back to Board SURPRISE - 800 ____A___ tried to unify Japan after the ___B___ period. He died in the ___C___. Hints: (A) O_a N______a (A) Oda Nobunaga (B) Period of civil war between daimyo (B) Warring States (Sengoku Jidai) (C) (C) Honnoji Incident Back to Board CREDITS All clipart, images and videos are credited to: References: Ir asut o ya Japan Guide 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 FrameIllust Encyclopedia Britannica 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 W ikimedia Japan Guide Do You Know Japan 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Japan National Tourism Organization Japan Visitor 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Japan Symbols of Presence Japan Society 1 | 2 | Zekkei Japan Ancient History Encyclopedia 1 Japan Visitor University of Pittsburgh 1 | JR Rail Pass The Kyoto Project 1 | Where in Tokyo Osaka Castle 1 | DR / Japan Experience Japan Arts Council Sengoku Jidai 1 | The Japan Society History.com 1 | Portland Japanese Garden / Shochiku Co., Ltd Travel Japan 1 | The Kingdom of Thailand Ministry of Culture / The Japan Foundation TEALEAVES Game created by Cassidy Charles, Project Assistant at The George Washington University East Asia National Resource Center.
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