Chapter 4 vocab

Question 1

Aesthetics

Answer 1

a sense of what is beautiful

Question 2

Bakufu

Answer 2

the centralized military government, headed by the shogun

Question 3

Daimyo

Answer 3

a feudal lord of a region in Japan

Question 4

Edict

Answer 4

legal order; a command to the public by an authority

Question 5

Emperor

Answer 5

legal order; a command to the public by an authority

Question 6

Entourage

Answer 6

a group of attendants or other people who accompany someone, usually of important rank

Question 7

Han

Answer 7

the local government in each domain (province), ruled by a daimyo

Question 8

Koku

Answer 8

a Japanese measurement equal to approximately 175 litres of rice

Question 9

Metropolis

Answer 9

a large, important city of a country or region

Question 10

Moors

Answer 10

a Muslim people of Berber and Arab descent from North Africa.
They conquered the Iberian peninsula in the 8th century

Question 11

Opulent

Answer 11

luxurious or lavish

Question 12

Popular culture

Answer 12

the cultural activities that appeal to the current tastes of the general public

Question 13

Sakoku

Answer 13

national isolationism

Question 14

Shogun

Answer 14

the leader of the military government in Japan

Question 15

Samurai

Answer 15

prestigious warriors, bound by the code of the Bushido

Question 16

Farmers

Answer 16

responsible for growing food and providing resources, could
not leave the land

Question 17

Artisans

Answer 17

made goods for trade

Question 18

Merchants

Answer 18

used trade to distribute goods, gained power over time

Question 19

Outcasts

Answer 19

(Eta) – dealt with the death of animals and people, lived outside the villages

Question 20

Non-humans

Answer 20

(hinin) – beggars, actors, prostitutes, killing an hinin
was not considered murder

Question 21

Adaptation

Answer 21

changing attitudes and behaviors to suit a new situation

Question 22

Isolation

Answer 22

a policy to avoid relationships with other nations

Question 23

Modernize

Answer 23

adopting new ideas, technologies to the present