Japan chapter 13 vocab

Question 1

shogun

Answer 1

a Japanese military ruler in Edo Japan

Question 2

ronin

Answer 2

samurai warriors without a master

Question 3

Daimyo

Answer 3

a powerful Japanese landowner or noble

Question 4

shogunate

Answer 4

a strong council of advisors, officials and administrators

Question 5

alternate attendance

Answer 5

the practice of facing the daimyo to move their home to live in Edo every other year

Question 6

Sharing power

Answer 6

the Bakuhan system of two levels of government

Question 7

strict laws

Answer 7

laws established by the shogunate controlled many aspects of the daimyo’s lives such as dress and marriage

Question 8

hereditary

Answer 8

determined birth

Question 9

seppuku

Answer 9

ritual suicide performed in Japan as an honourable alternative to humiliation and public shame

Question 10

outcasts

Answer 10

Japanese people who were shunned or ignored by other classes because the type of work they did

Question 11

confucianism

Answer 11

the teachings of the Chinese scholar Confucius

Question 12

Goningumi

Answer 12

organizes the lower classes into groups of five families called goningumi

Question 13

what are ethical codes

Answer 13

rules about right and wrong behaviour.