Japan Vocabulary

Question 1

monsoon

Answer 1

strong winds in Asia, blowing from the south-west in summer

Question 2

shogun

Answer 2

a Japanese military ruler in Edo Japan

Question 3

artisan

Answer 3

a skilled craftsman

Question 4

merchant

Answer 4

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

Question 5

peasant

Answer 5

a farmer

Question 6

per capita

Answer 6

average for each person

Question 7

indemnity

Answer 7

payment for losses

Question 8

edict

Answer 8

an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority

Question 9

Confucianism

Answer 9

the teachings of the Chinese scholar, Confucius

Question 10

feudalism

Answer 10

the system of political organisation in the Middle Ages in which the lord owned the land and all others served him

Question 11

hereditory

Answer 11

determined by birth

Question 12

isolationism

Answer 12

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

Question 13

expansionism

Answer 13

the actions or attitudes of a state or country whose goal is to expand its power and territory

Question 14

isolated

Answer 14

when a person or group is set apart or cut of from others by geographic, ecologic, or social barriers

Question 15

arable

Answer 15

land suitable for farming and agriculture

Question 16

rituals

Answer 16

a celebration or ceremony observed with regularity

Question 17

ethical code

Answer 17

rules about right/wrong behaviour

Question 18

world veiw

Answer 18

a collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group; the overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world

Question 19

perspective

Answer 19

the collective point of view of a specific group which can be expressed by a member of the group who has the authority to speak for the group; in art of representing objects as they appear to the eye

Question 20

point of view

Answer 20

opinions and references held and expressed by an individual

Question 21

industrialism

Answer 21

the process in which a society or country transforms itself from a primary agricultural society into one based in the manufacturing of goods and services

Question 22

stoic

Answer 22

used to describe a person who can control his or her emotions and endure difficult experiences with patience

Question 23

assimilation

Answer 23

forcing a group of people to acquire the characteristics of a majority group

Question 24

edo

Answer 24

the period in Japanese history between 1600 and 185; also known as to Tokugawa period

Question 25

meiji

Answer 25

Japanese word meaning enlightenment

Question 26

westernization

Answer 26

adopting the culture and ideas of the western world

Question 27

archipelago

Answer 27

a long chain of many islands