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Japan
Test Retake Vocab
Term | Definition |
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shogun(ate) | ruler |
daimyo | head of noble family |
emperor | ruler with no military power |
rural | county |
urban | city |
Basho | most well known writer, wrote hocus |
Zen Buddhism | become yourself with nature |
samurai | warriors who were trained to fight and die, either win or die. |
Francis Xavier | converted 300,000 people to _____ by 1600 |
Confucius | you are supposed to know this! |
Feudalism | political system in which noble or lords are granted use of lands that belong to king. In return, the noble owe loyalty and military service to the king and protection to the people of estate |
Odo Nobunaga | defeats all rivals and seizes the capital in 1568 |
Alternative Attendance Policy (hostage system) | the Daimyo had to spend every other year in the Capital city - and leave their families there when they return to their lands |
Woodblock | paintings showed sophisticated city life |