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Unit 6
Early Japan
Term | Definition |
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Archipelago | chain of islands |
Shintoism | Religion that stresses the link between people and nature |
Shogun | Chief general of the army who was the real ruler in feudal Japan |
Samurai | Japanese warrior knights |
Bushido | Code of behavior that emphasized military virtues and the samurai's duty of loyalty to his lord (similar to European chivalry) |
Ethnocentric | Belief that one's culture is superior to others |
Tokugawa Shogunate | Military family that ruled Japan from 1600-1868 and created an orderly society with feudalism |
Isolationism | Policy of avoiding foreign involvement and contact |