Entire Japanese Unit Vocabulary

Question 1

Isolated

Answer 1

When a group or person is set sort or cut off from others by geographic, ecological or social barriers

Question 2

Ainu

Answer 2

Japanese indigenous people

Question 3

Arable

Answer 3

Land suitable for agriculture

Question 4

Hereditary

Answer 4

Determined by birth

Question 5

Archipelago

Answer 5

A long chain of many islands

Question 6

Stoic

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Monsoon

Answer 7

Strong winds in Asia; blowing from the south west in summer

Question 8

Daimyo

Answer 8

A powerful Japanese noble or landowner

Question 9

Confucianism

Answer 9

The teaching of chimes scholar Confucius

Question 10

Westernization

Answer 10

Adopting the culture and ideas of the western world

Question 11

Rituals

Answer 11

A celebration or ceremony observed with regularity

Question 12

Tsunami

Answer 12

A strong destructive wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruptions on the ocean floor

Question 13

Homogeneous

Answer 13

A group of people similar in nature or character

Question 14

Shogunate

Answer 14

A Japanese military ruler in Edo Japan

Question 15

Oligarchy

Answer 15

An unelected group of powerful leaders

Question 16

Indemnity

Answer 16

Payment for losses

Question 17

Haiku

Answer 17

A Japanese poem that had 17 syllables, contains a simple idea and offers insight to life

Question 18

Kamuy

Answer 18

The gods of nature of the Ainu

Question 19

Edo period

Answer 19

The period in Japanese history 1700-1853. Also known as the Tokugawa period

Question 20

Per capita

Answer 20

Average for each person

Question 21

Meiji Period

Answer 21

Japanese word meaning enlightened rule