Japan

Question 1

Shinto

Answer 1

first religion of japan with the belief that all of nature has kami or spirit

Question 2

clans

Answer 2

extended families that live together

Question 3

regent

Answer 3

extended families that live together

Question 4

court

Answer 4

a group of nobles who live and advise a ruler.

Question 5

Zen Buddhism

Answer 5

a type of buddhism that promotes self discipline and meditation or quiet thinking.

Question 6

daimyo

Answer 6

large landowners who hired samurai to protect their land.

Question 7

Samurai

Answer 7

trained professional warriors who practiced zen buddhism.

Question 8

shogun

Answer 8

a general who ruled japan surpassing the power of the emperor.

Question 9

figurehead

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 of behavior

Question 11

Kamikaze

Answer 11

the shinto spirit wind that the Japanese believed destroyed invading Mongol fleets.

Question 12

feudalism

Answer 12

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

Question 13

archipelago

Answer 13

a group of islands

Question 14

isolation

Answer 14

to be apart from others

Question 15

Prince Shotoku

Answer 15

prince who introduced many chinese such as language religion and ways to govern japan.

Question 16

Heian Period

Answer 16

era considered the golden age of prosperity in japan