Feudal Class System in Japan

Question 1

Daimyo

Answer 1

Military ruler of a territory; used their samurai to protect peasants who paid them and were loyal

Question 2

Samurai

Answer 2

Warriors, bodyguards, and protectors of Daimyo’s territory; bound to the Daimyo by a code of honor called Bushido - less than 10% of the population

Question 3

Shinto

Answer 3

a native Japanese religion meaning “way of the gods,” and focuses on worshiping nature and ancestor gods

Question 4

feudalism

Answer 4

a social and economic system in which peasant farmers worked land for a landowner (daimyo), and by paying a price and giving their loyalty, they were protected by the owner’s samurai

Question 5

Bushido

Answer 5

the “way of the warrior” a samurai was expected to show reckless courage, reverence for the gods, fairness, and generosity towards those weaker than himself

Question 6

Kabuki

Answer 6

actors in elaborate costumes, using music, dance, and mine, preformed skits about urban life

Question 7

Haiku

Answer 7

a type of poetry that does not express ideas but present images

Question 8

Etiquette

Answer 8

a code of correct behavior and appearance, was also extremely important