Japan

Question 1

Worldview

Answer 1

A particular philosophy of life or conception of the world.

Question 2

Perspective

Answer 2

A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.

Question 3

Point of view

Answer 3

A particular attitude or way of considering a matter.

Question 4

Monsoon

Answer 4

a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon ), or from the northeast between October and April (the dry monsoon ).

Question 5

Shogun

Answer 5

a hereditary commander-in-chief in feudal Japan. Because of the military power concentrated in his hands and the consequent weakness of the nominal head of state (the mikado or emperor), the shogun was generally the real ruler of the country until feudalism was abolished in 1867.

Question 6

Artisan

Answer 6

worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.

Question 7

Merchant

Answer 7

a person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise to a particular trade.

Question 8

Peasant

Answer 8

a poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries).

Question 9

Per capita

Answer 9

for each person; in relation to people taken individually.

Question 10

Indemnity

Answer 10

a sum of money paid as compensation, especially a sum exacted by a victor in war as one condition of peace.

Question 11

Edict

Answer 11

an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.

Question 12

Confucianism

Answer 12

a system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius and developed by Mencius.

Question 13

Feudalism

Answer 13

the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord’s land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.

Question 14

Hereditary

Answer 14

determined by genetic factors and therefore able to be passed on from parents to their offspring or descendants.

Question 15

Isolationism

Answer 15

a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.

Question 16

Expansionism

Answer 16

The policy of territorial or economic expansion

Question 17

Isolated

Answer 17

having minimal contact or little in common with others. or far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote.

Question 18

Arable

Answer 18

arable, it means that something can grow there. If you’re looking to raise crops, you better find yourself a patch of arable land.

Question 19

Archipelago

Answer 19

a group of islands.

Question 20

Rituals

Answer 20

a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order.

Question 21

Stoic

Answer 21

a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.
2.
a member of the ancient philosophical school of Stoicism.

Question 22

Ethical codes

Answer 22

A code of ethics document may outline the mission and values of the business or organization, how professionals are supposed to approach problems, the ethical principles based on the organization’s core values and the standards to which the professional will be held.

Question 23

Assimilation

Answer 23

assimilation definition. The process by which a person or persons acquire the social and psychological characteristics of a group: “Waves of immigrants have been assimilated into the American culture.”

Question 24

Edo

Answer 24

a member of a people inhabiting the district of Benin in Nigeria.
2.
the Benue-Congo language of the Edo.

Question 25

Meiji

Answer 25

the period when Japan was ruled by the emperor Meiji Tenno, marked by the modernization and westernization of the country.

Question 26

Industrialization

Answer 26

In this question, industrialization is a noun that means the development of commercial enterprise. Industrialization occurs when industry is introduced on a large scale to a region or country — for example, when an economy goes from being based on agriculture to being based on manufacturing and other industries.

Question 27

Westrnization

Answer 27

Westernization or Westernisation (see spelling differences), also Europeanization/Europeanisation or occidentalization/occidentalisation (from the Occident, meaning the Western world; see “occident” in the dictionary), is a process whereby societies come under or adopt Western culture in areas such as industry, …