Japanese History Part 1: Feudalism in Japan

Question 1

Shinto

Answer 1

Japanese religion meaning “way of the gods,” and focuses on worshiping nature and ancestor gods.

Question 2

etiquette

Answer 2

a code of correct behavior and appearance

Question 3

feudalism

Answer 3

a social and economic system in which peasant farmers worked land for a landowner (daimyo)

Question 4

Samurai

Answer 4

loyal warriors who lived according to a demanding code of behavior called bushido.

Question 5

bushido

Answer 5

the “way of the warrior” a samurai was expected to show reckless courage, reverence for the gods, fairness, and generosity toward those weaker than himself

Question 6

daimyo

Answer 6

territorial lords who protected those loyal to them with a private army of samurai

Question 7

kabuki

Answer 7

in which actors in elaborate costumes using music, dance, and mime, performed skits about urban life

Question 8

haiku

Answer 8

a type of poetry that does not express ideas but presents images