Chapter 13, Lesson 2 Activity - Part A
Completion requirements
Unit 3
From Isolation to Adaptation
Activity
Document: Reading/Study Guide Unit 3: Chapter 13, Lesson 2
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Download the document,
Reading/Study Guide Unit 3: Chapter 13, Lesson 2.
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- Read pages 289 and 290 of your textbook.
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Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
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What role did the samurai have in society?
- Although the samurai had privileges and status, in what parts of life could they not participate?
- What did the samurai do in peacetime?
- Read pages 291 to 294 of the textbook.
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Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
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Why were peasants considered important?
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Why were artisans placed lower on the hierarchy than peasants were?
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Who was officially at the bottom of the hierarchy?
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What was the place of women?
- What made a person an outcast?
- When you are finished, proceed to the next page.
Read
The social hierarchy of Japanese feudalism is similar to that of
European feudalism. How are they different? Why do you think that is?
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Figure 13.1: European Feudalism (courtesy of
Ashlin Social Studies)