Vocab

Question 1

Bushido

Answer 1

‘Way of the warrior’; the code that al samurai lived by

Question 2

Alternate attendance

Answer 2

A system that forced the daimyo, their armies and families to live in Edo with the shogun every second year

Question 3

Bakufu

Answer 3

The shogun’s military government

Question 4

Buke shohatto

Answer 4

A strict code of regulations aimed at weakening the daimyo (introduced by Tokugawa Ieyasu

Question 5

Conscription

Answer 5

Forced military service of all men between a certain age

Question 6

Daimyo

Answer 6

Feudal lords who controlled major domains during the shogunate

Question 7

Feudal system

Answer 7

System of landownership in which a ruler claims ownership of all lands but rewards loyal nobles with control of a domain

Question 8

Fudai daimyo

Answer 8

‘Inner lords’ under the Tokugawa shoguns

Question 9

Jito

Answer 9

Land stewards who made sure everyone using the land paid their rent

Question 10

Kami

Answer 10

‘Spirits’ in the Shinto religion said to inhabit all natural features

Question 11

Peasants

Answer 11

Farmers who produce small-scale crops

Question 12

ranaku

Answer 12

‘Dutch learning’ ; ideas about western science and medicine that came to Japan through the few Dutch permitted to live in Japan

Question 13

Ronin

Answer 13

Masterclass and unemployed samurai

Question 14

Sakoku

Answer 14

A policy of isolation from foreigners during the Tokugawa shogunate

Question 15

Samurai

Westernization

Answer 15

‘One who serves’ ; samurai were the noble warrior class

Question 16

Shinto

Answer 16

Japan’s oldest religion

Question 17

shoen

Answer 17

Rural districts during the Heian period

Question 18

shugo

Answer 18

Protectors who were responsible for ensuring law and order of an area

Question 19

shogun

Answer 19

A military ruler of Japan with full political authority

Question 20

shogunate

Answer 20

A period of rule by shoguns

Question 21

Tozama daimyo

Answer 21

‘Outer lords’ under the Tokugawa shoguns