Japan

Question 1

Shinto

Answer 1

First religion of Japan with the belief that all nature have a Kami or spirit

Question 2

Clans

Answer 2

Extended families that live together

Question 3

Regent

Answer 3

A person who rules a country for someone who is unable to rule alone

Question 4

Court

Answer 4

a group of nobles who live near and advise a ruler

Question 5

Zen Buddhism

Answer 5

A type of buddhism that promotes self-discipline (self-guidance) and meditation or quiet thinking.

Question 6

Daimyo

Answer 6

Large landowners who hired samurai to protect land

Question 7

Samurai

Answer 7

Trained professional warriors who practice Zen Buddhism

Question 8

Figurehead

Answer 8

A leader who appears to be in charge, but the real power is with someone else.

Question 9

Shogun

Answer 9

A general who ruled Japan surpassing the power of the emperor

Question 10

Bushido

Answer 10

the “way of the warrior” or warrior code behavior

Question 10

Feudalism

Answer 10

A system of protection in which land and people are protected by skilled warriors in exchange for small portions of land.

Question 11

Kamikaze

Answer 11

The Shinto spirit wind that the Japanese believed destroyed invading Mongol fleets

Question 12

Archipelago

Answer 12

A group of islands

Question 13

Prince Shotoku

Answer 13

Prince who introduced many Chinese ideas such as, language, religion and ways to govern japan

Question 13

isolation

Answer 13

To be apart from others

Question 14

Heian period

Answer 14

Year considered the golden age of prosperity In Japan