Japan Vocab

Question 1

Clans

Answer 1

extended families that live together

Question 2

regent

Answer 2

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

Question 3

court

Answer 3

a group of nobles who live near and advise a ruler

Question 4

Zen Buddhism

Answer 4

a type of Buddhism that promotes self-discipline (self guidance) and meditation of quiet thinking

Question 5

daimyo

Answer 5

large landowners who hired samurai to protect their land

Question 6

samurai

Answer 6

trained professional warriors who practiced zen Buddhism

Question 7

shogun

Answer 7

a general who ruled japan surpassing the power of the emperor

Question 8

figure head

Answer 8

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

Question 9

bushido

Answer 9

the “way of the warrior” of warrior code of behavior

Question 10

Kamikaze

Answer 10

the Shinto spirit wind that the Japanese believed destroy invading Mongol fleets

Question 11

feudalism

Answer 11

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

Question 12

archipelago

Answer 12

a group of islands

Question 13

isolation

Answer 13

to be apart from others. Japan was isolated from other countries due to its geography

Question 14

Prince Shotoku

Answer 14

prince who introduced many Chinese ideas such as language religion and ways to govern Japan

Question 15

Heian Period

Answer 15

era considered the golden age of prosperity in Japan

Question 16

Shinto

Answer 16

First religion of Japan with the belief that all of nature has kami or spirit