Unit 3 - Edo Japan

Question 1

Ainu

Answer 1

Japan’s Indigenous people

Question 2

Alternate Attendance

Answer 2

the practice of forcing the daimyo to move from their home provinces to live in Edo every other year

Question 3

Arable

Answer 3

land suitable for farming

Question 4

Archipelago

Answer 4

long chain of islands

Question 5

Artisans

Answer 5

a skilled craft worker

Question 6

Daimyo

Answer 6

a powerful Japanese landowner or noble

Question 7

Dutch Scholars

Answer 7

Japanese academics who learned the Dutch language and educated themselves about Western ways

Question 8

Edo Period

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Filial Piety

Answer 9

faithfulness and devotion to one’s parents

Question 10

Haiku

Answer 10

a Japanese poem that has only 17 syllables, contains a simple image or idea, and offers insights into life

Question 11

Hereditary

Answer 11

determined by birth

Question 12

Homogeneous

Answer 12

a group of people similar in nature and character

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

Isolation/Exclusion Laws

Answer 14

laws passed by the shogun that cut Japan off from outside contact

Question 15

Kabuki

Answer 15

a form of theatre (remember kabuki masks)

Question 16

Kami

Answer 16

any of the sacred beings worshipped in Shinto, conceived as spirits

Question 17

Kamikaze

Answer 17

a ferocious storm that destroyed most of the Mongol fleet in 1274; “divine wind” sent by the gods to defend Japan

Question 18

Kendo

Answer 18

a Japanese martial art

Question 19

Meiji

Answer 19

Japanese word meaning enlightened rule

Question 20

Monsoon

Answer 20

strong winds in Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer

Question 21

Outcasts

Answer 21

Japanese people who were shunned or ignored by other classes because of the type of work they did (usually involving death)

Question 22

Rituals

Answer 22

a celebration or ceremony observed with regularity

Question 23

Ronin

Answer 23

samurai warriors without masters

Question 24

Samurai

Answer 24

professional, paid members of the Japanese military

Question 25

Seppuku

Answer 25

ritual suicide performed in Japan as an honourable alternative to humiliation and public shame

Question 26

Shogun

Answer 26

a Japanese military ruler in Edo Japan (had more power than everyone else)

Question 27

Shogunate

Answer 27

a strong council of advisors, officials, and administrators

Question 28

Stoic

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Sumo Wrestling

Answer 29

a sport that originated in ancient times as a Japanese religious performance

Question 30

Tokugawa Period

Answer 30

the period in Japanese history between 1600 and 1868; also known as the Edo period