✧Japan Vocabulary✧

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Shinto

Question 2

Extended families that live together

Answer 2

Clans

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Regent

Question 4

A group of nobles who live near & advise a ruler

Answer 4

Court

Question 5

A type of Buddhism that promotes self-discipline(self-guidance) & meditation or quiet thinking

Answer 5

Zen Buddhism

Question 6

Large landowners who hired samurai to protect their land

Answer 6

Daimyo (dy-mee-oh)

Question 7

Trained professional warriors who practiced Zen Buddhism

Answer 7

Samurai

Question 8

A general who ruled Japan surpassing the power of the emperor

Answer 8

Shogun

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Figurehead

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Bushido

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Kamikaze (ka-mi-kah-zee)

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Feudalism (foo-duh-liz-um)

Question 13

A group of islands

Answer 13

Archipelago

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Isolation

Question 15

Prince who introduced many Chinese ideas such as, language, religion, & ways to govern to Japan

Answer 15

Prince Shotoku

Question 16

Era considered The Golden Age of prosperity in Japan

Answer 16

Heian Period