chapter4

Question 1

Shogun

Answer 1

the title applied to the chief military commanders from about the 8th century a.d. to the end of the 12th century, then applied to the hereditary officials who governed Japan, with the emperor as nominal ruler, until 1868, when the shogunate was terminated and the ruling power was returned to the emperor.

Question 2

Daimyo zen

Answer 2

Its true, popularized by Gautama Buddha more than 2500 years ago, Zen meditation (also known as Zazen meditation or simply “Zen”) is acclaimed by many as the very best tool for mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual wellness.

By focusing the attention on the present moment, going deep within the powerful subconscious mind, meditation purifies and heals on the deepest of levels: resulting in an absolute inner transformation for the practitioner.

Question 3

seppuku

Answer 3

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Question 4

Samurai

Answer 4

a member of the hereditary warrior class in feudal Japan.

Question 5

longboat

Answer 5

(formerly) the largest boat carried by a sailing ship.

Question 6

steppe

Answer 6

the vast grasslands, especially those in the S and E European and W and SW Asian parts of Russia.

Question 7

Rus

Answer 7

russian

Question 8

slavs

Answer 8

one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)

Question 9

principality of kiev

Answer 9

The Principality of Kiev (Old East Slavic: Киевское князство, Ukrainian: Київське князівство) was a Ruthenian state in the regions of central Ukraine around the city of Kiev that existed after the fragmentation of the Kievan Rus’ in the early 12th century.

Question 10

leif ericson

Answer 10

[leef;; Icelandic leyv] (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).

Question 11

vinland sagas

Answer 11

are two Icelandic texts written separate of each other in the early thirteenth century; The Saga of the Greenlanders (Grænlendinga Saga) and The Saga of Eric the Red, (Eiríks Saga Rauða). The name Vinland meaning “Wineland,” is attributed to Leif Eiriksson’s discovery of grapevines upon his arrival in North America.

Question 12

Danelaw

Answer 12

the body of laws in force in the northeast of England where the Danes settled in the 9th century a.d.