Flashcards in Ch 12 pt 4 Deck (16)
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Ed.o
Ancient name for Tokyo
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Kyoto
controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries
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Osaka
Japan
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Nagasaki
Japanese city in which the second atomic bomb was dropped (August 9, 1945)
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Murasaki
The Tale of Genji
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shikibu
Japanese writer/novelist
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toyotomi shikibu
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toyotomi hideyoshi
general under Nobunaga; leading military power in central Japan; broke power of the diamyos; became military master in 1590
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tokugawa leyasu
One of the three great unifiers that was the successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He claimed the title of shogun in 1603, initiating the most powerful and long-lasting of all Japanese shogunates.
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aristocrat
A member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society
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samurai
a member of the Japanese warrior class
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typhoon
A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans
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Daimyo
A Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai
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shogun
A general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name
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Tokugawa dynasty
The medieval period in Japan was ended by this dynasty who centralized power and unified Japan
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