Ch. 4

Question 1

Shogun

Answer 1

was a hereditary military dictator in Japan during the period from 1185 to 1868 (with exceptions). In this period, the shoguns were the de facto rulers of the country; although nominally they were appointed by the Emperor as a ceremonial formality.

Question 2

Daimyo zen

Answer 2

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one of the great feudal lords who were vassals of the shogun.

Question 3

Seppuku

Answer 3

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Question 4

Samurai

Answer 4

a member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan, especially a member of the class of military retainers of the daimyos.

Question 5

Longboat

Answer 5

a large boat that may be launched from a sailing ship.

Question 6

Steppe

Answer 6

is an ecoregion, in the montane grasslands and shrublands and temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biomes, characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes.

Question 7

Rus

Answer 7

referred to the people, regions, and medieval states (ninth to twelfth centuries) of the Kievan Rus’. In the Western culture, it is better known as Ruthenia from the eleventh century onwards.

Question 8

Slaves

Answer 8

The Spanish usually baptized slaves in Africa before embarking them.

Question 9

Principals of Kiev

Answer 9

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Question 10

Leif ericson

Answer 10

Leif Erikson or Leif Ericson was an Icelandic explorer and the first known European to have discovered North America, before Christopher Columbus.