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Medival Japan Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Cultural Diffusion | The spread of culture |
Religion | A system of spiratual beliefs |
Government | The form or system of rule over a certain area |
System of Writing | The way an area does their writing |
Art and Architecture | A creative way to express the uniquness of your area |
Social Structure | The way the people in your area are ranked |
Technology | Objects that help people live life to the fullest (easier) |
Neighboring | Situated or living near |
Prince Shotoku | A semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko |
China | A republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast of mainland China: under Nationalist control since 1948 but claimed by the People's Republic of China |
Korea | An East Asian territory that is divided into two distinct sovereign states, North Korea and South Korea |
Aristocracy | A government made up of kings and queens |
Medival | Of, relating to, or in the style of the Middle Ages |
Meditation | Something people do to calm down, relax, and center their thoughts |
Regent | A person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign. |
Buddhism | A religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast |
Pagota | A tower-shaped structure ; built by the Chinese and adopted by the Japanese |
Syllabuls | The accents in a word |
Culture | The way your area lives life |
Empire | A group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom |
Kanji | A system of writing created by the Chinese |
Mahayana | The later of the two great schools of Buddhism, chiefly in China, Tibet, and Japan, characterized by eclecticism and a general belief in a common search for salvation, sometimes thought to be attainable through faith alone. |