ANCIENT JAPAN

Question 1

shogun

Answer 1

japanese military leader

Question 2

daimyo

Answer 2

japanese feudal lords

Question 3

isolationism

Answer 3

the policy of not being involved in other groups affairs

Question 4

sakoku

Answer 4

policy that no-one could leave or enter japan

Question 5

emporer

Answer 5

ruler of a country

Question 6

samurai

Answer 6

soldiers of japans military and officer caste

Question 7

bushido

Answer 7

japanese warriors code of conduct (samurais would rather die than go against it)

Question 8

clan

Answer 8

group of people united by beliefs or descent

Question 9

heian

Answer 9

last division of japanese history (794-1185)

Question 10

kamakura shogunate

Answer 10

Japanese feudal military government of imperial-aristocratic rule that ruled from 1185 to 1333. The heads of the government were the shōguns. The first three were members of the Minamoto clan. The next two were members of the Fujiwara clan. The last six were minor Imperial princes

Question 11

ashikaga shogunate

Answer 11

dynasty originating from one of the plethora of Japanese daimyō which governed Japan from 1338 to 1573, the year in which Oda Nobunaga deposed Ashikaga Yoshiaki. The heads of government were the shōgun. Each was a member of the Ashikaga clan

Question 12

tokugawa shogunate

Answer 12

last feudal Japanese military government, which existed between 1603 and 1867. The head of government was the shōgun, and each was a member of the Tokugawa clan

Question 13

vassal

Answer 13

owner of land in fuedal times