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Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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What does arable mean?

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Can farm on (farmable)

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2
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What does archipelago mean?

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Chain of islands

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3
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What is Buddhism?

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Based on the teachings of the Buddha

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What is bushido code?

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The way of the warrior

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5
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What is the significance of the cherry blossom?

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Represents the fragility of life

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What is “court in the clouds”?

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When the Fujiwara family took over. The emperor was only the face of the country (had no power)

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What is a daimyo?

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A wealthy land owner. Head of the ubi (clan)

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What is the significance of earthquakes to Japan?

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They have a lot of them. Located on fault line.

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What is the significance of Edo/Tokyo?

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Capital of Japan

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10
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What is etiquette?

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The customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group

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What is the feudal system?

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The different social classes

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Who are the fujiwara family?

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The family that started to control Japan through the emperor

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What is the significance of the Heian Era (794-1185)?

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The era in which the emperor had no power

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Who is Jimmu Tenno?

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The first emperor. Said to be great great great grandson of the sun god

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What is a kami?

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Spirit all things in nature have (part of Shinto religion)

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What is a kamikaze?

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A divine wind that stopped the Chinese from attacking

17
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What is Kyoto?

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The former capital of Japan

18
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Who is lady murasaki shikibu?

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Was a lady in waiting for the emperor. Wrote the first novel “the tale of genji”

19
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Who are the mongols?

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Fierce warriors who rode on horseback and used stirrups

20
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What is “the ring of fire”?

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A string of volcanoes and sites of seismic activity, or earthquakes, around the edges of the Pacific Ocean

21
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Who were the samurai?

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Fierce warriors that originally were tax collectors. Protected their daimyo

22
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What is seppuku?

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The ritual suicide

23
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What is Shinto/Shintoism?

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Religion incorporating the worship of ancestors and nature spirits and a belief in sacred power (kami) in both animate and inanimate things. “Way of the gods”

24
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What is the shogun?

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Supreme general of the emperor’s army (actual ruler)

25
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What is a the significance of the sword?

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Military symbol. Represents valor. Weapon of choice (they slept with their sword)

26
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What is “The tale of genji”?

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Written by lady murasaki shikibu. About a prince who falls in love with one of his father’s mistresses and gets her pregnant and regrets it for the rest of his life

27
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Who is the Tokugawa shogunate?

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Ended the civil war (created peace through violence) in Japan and isolated Japan from everyone else

28
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What is a torii?

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The gate at the entrance of a Shinto shrine. Symbolically marks the transition from the profane to sacred

29
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What is a tsunami?

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A hurricane in the pacific

30
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What is a typhoon?

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A hurricane in the Atlantic

31
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What is an ubi?

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A clan

32
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What is a war lord?

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A part of a clan

33
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What is the Yamato plain?

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Best farmable land

34
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Who are the Yamato clan?

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The clan in which all emperors are from (also, controlled the Yamato plain)

35
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What is Zen Buddhism?

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Meditating around nature to help you focus

36
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What are the 4 classes in the feudal system?

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Samurai
Peasants
Artisans
Merchants-no need for trade

37
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What are the 3 imperial treasures of Japan (imperial regalia)?

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Treasures in which only the emperor knows where they are;gives location of them to his successor
Sword- valor
Mirror- wisdom
Carved jewel- benevolence

Wildermuth Early Global Studies (Japan) (1 decks)

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