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 craftworker

Question 4

merchant

Answer 4

a person involved in wholesome trades

Question 5

peasant

Answer 5

a poor farmer of low social status

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 organization during the Middle Ages in which the lord owned the land and all others served him.

Question 11

Isolationism

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Expansionism

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Isolated

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Archipelago

Answer 14

A long chain of many islands

Question 15

Rituals

Answer 15

A celebration or ceremony observed with regularity

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Ethical codes

Answer 16

Rules about rift and wrong behavior

Question 17

Stoic

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Assimilation

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Edo

Answer 19

The period in Japanese history between 1600 and 1853; also known as the Tokugawa period

Question 20

Meiji

Answer 20

Japanese word meaning enlightened rule

Question 21

Industrialization

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The process of which a society or country transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society into one based on the manufacturing of goods and services

Question 22

Westernization

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Adopting the culture and ideas of the western world

Question 23

Worldview

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

Question 24

Perspective

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

Question 25

Point of view

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Opinions and preferences held and expressed by and individual

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Hereditary

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Determined by birth

Question 27

Arable

Answer 27

Land suitable for farming and agriculture