Shogunate Japan

Question 1

archipelago

Answer 1

A group of islands.

Question 2

abolition

Answer 2

The action or act of abolishing a system, institution, or practice.

Question 3

imperial

Answer 3

Relating to an empire.

Question 4

kami

Answer 4

A divine being in the Shinto religion.

Question 5

bakufu

Answer 5

Shogun’s office or government, literally meaning office in a tent.

Question 6

Buddhism

Answer 6

An Asian religion or philosophy which uses meditation.

Question 7

bureaucrat

Answer 7

An official in a government department.

Question 8

bushido

Answer 8

The code of honour and morals developed by the Japanese samurai.

Question 9

daimyo

Answer 9

Lords or nobles who managed the provinces, they answered to the shogun.

Question 10

emperor

Answer 10

A sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire.

Question 11

isolation

Answer 11

Cut off from others, removed from other people, remote.

Question 12

modernisation

Answer 12

The process of adapting something to modern needs or habits.

Question 13

outcast

Answer 13

A person who has been rejected by society or a social group.

Question 14

restoration

Answer 14

The action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition.

Question 15

samurai

Answer 15

Japanese soldiers who serve their lord.

Question 16

seppuku

Answer 16

Ritual suicide by disembowelment carried out by samurai.

Question 17

shogun

Answer 17

The leading Japanese general.

Question 18

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Answer 18

Leader of the last shogunate of Japan.

Question 19

treaty

Answer 19

A formal agreement between countries.

Question 20

Warrior class

Answer 20

A brave experience soldier or fighter.

Question 21

westernisation

Answer 21

To be influenced by the cultural, economic, or political systems of Europe and North America.

Question 22

zen

Answer 22

A school of thought that emphasises the value of meditation and intuition rather than ritual worship and study of scriptures.

Question 23

koku

Answer 23

In feudal Japan, the incomes of samurai were measured in koku of rice.

Question 24

foreign

Answer 24

An item, person or idea that comes from another country.