Packet 3: Bonus 8
Answer the following about the Jōmon and Epi-Jōmon cultures and peoples, for 10 points each.
[10e] The Epi-Jōmon and Satsumon cultures preceded the emergence of these people. These indigenous people of Hokkaido have a higher proportion of Jōmon DNA than most other modern residents of Japan.
ANSWER: Ainu [or Utari; accept Aino; accept Proto-Ainu]
[10h] The Epi-Jōmon culture is often linked to these equestrian “shrimp barbarians” of northern Honshū. Historians debate whether this ancient ethnic group became the proto-Ainu or fought proto-Ainu peoples called the Mishihase.
ANSWER: Emishi people [or Ebisu; or Yebisu; or Ezo; or Yezo; or Yemishi] (The “Mishihase” may also be ancestors of the Nivkh or other non-Ainu Tungusic peoples.)
[10m] The term “Zoku” or “Epi-” Jōmon refers to the persistence of Jōmon patterns in northern Japan past when this culture superseded it further south. Wet rice agriculture became dominant in this culture’s namesake period.
ANSWER: Yayoi Culture [or Yayoi Period]
<Editors, Other History> | C. Prelims 3 - Cambridge + UCLA + Stanford B + Virginia
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | NYU A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Bruin | Georgia Tech C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Chicago A | Georgia Tech A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech B | Virginia Tech | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Illinois B | Northwestern A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Indiana | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| Maryland A | MIT | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| Minnesota | Penn State | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| North Carolina | Columbia A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Northwestern B | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Ohio State | WashU | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Pittsburgh | NYU B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Stanford A | Michigan | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| Swarthmore | Harvard | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Texas | Georgetown | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Toronto A | Purdue | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto B | Chicago B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| UC Berkeley A | British Columbia | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| UCF | Rutgers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Vanderbilt | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| Waterloo | Cornell | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EH |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 21 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |