Vocabulary

Question 1

Archipelago

Answer 1

An extensive group of islands scattreed in lakes, rivers, or the ocean

Question 2

Bakufu

Answer 2

The headquarters, or administrassion of a general on the battle field

Question 3

Bushi

Answer 3

The warrior class of Japan

Question 4

Bushido

Answer 4

The way of the warrior and the rules describing the correct behaviour for samuris

Question 5

Clan

Answer 5

A noble family who shared power and privilege

Question 6

Daimyo

Answer 6

The lord who ruled over an area

Question 7

Dynasty

Answer 7

A family rules; the period of time a family remianed in power

Question 8

Emperor

Answer 8

A soverign, male ruler of the Japanese empire

Question 9

Eta

Answer 9

An outcast group who did ‘impure work’ such as the burial of the dead

Question 10

Feudal

Answer 10

System where daimyos held their land and castles for showing loyalty to the shogun

Question 11

Hinin

Answer 11

“Non people” referred to as beggars, travelling performers , and scavengers

Question 12

Hiragana

Answer 12

A set of approximately 50 phonetic symbols and Chinese characters used for writing Japanese

Question 13

Jujutsu

Answer 13

A Japanese system of unarmed combat and physical training

Question 14

Kami

Answer 14

A spirit being, a japanese word applied to anything extraordinary

Question 15

Nanban

Answer 15

‘Southern Barbarian’ that became the Japanese word for ‘Europeans’

Question 16

Ronin

Answer 16

A samuri wihout a daimyo lord