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CHAPTER 18 VOCAB
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| TANGUN | SON OF A BEAR AND A GOD; CONSIDERED THE FOUNDER OF FIRST KOREAN KINGDOM |
| YAMATO | RULING CLAN (FAMILY) OF JAPAN FROM A.D. 500’S; CREATED THE FIRST JAPANESE EMPIRE |
| JIMMU | GREAT GRANDSON OF THE SUN GODDESS; FIRST EMPEROR OF JAPAN; TOOK TITLE “EMPEROR OF HEAVEN” |
| SHOTOKU | YAMATO PRINCE WHO RULED ON BEHALF OF HIS AUNT; WANTED JAPAN TO HAVE A STRONG GOV’T; DRAFTED A CONSTITUTION BASED ON CONFUCIUS IDEAS |
| KAMI | NATURE SPIRITS |
| SAMURAI | A WARRIOR WHO SERVED A JAPANESE LORD AND LIVED BY A STRICT CODE OF LOYALTY |
| BUSHIDO | ”THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR”; CODE THAT DEMANDED SAMURAI BE LOYAL TO MASTERS |
| SHOGUN | COMMANDER OF THE MILITARY FORCES; WAS THE REAL RULER OF JAPAN ALTHOUGH THE EMPEROR WAS THE OFFICIAL RULER |
| DAIMYO | POWERFUL MILITARY LORDS WHO CONTROLLED SECTIONS OF JAPAN |
| ZEN BUDDHISM | FORM OF BUDDHISM THAT TAUGHT PEOPLE THEY COULD FIND INNER PEACE THRU SELF-CONTROL & A SIMPLE WAY OF LIFE; |
| MARTIAL ARTS | SPORTS THAT INVOLVED COMBAT & SELF-DEFENSE |
| HAIKU | FORM OF POETRY THAT HAS THREE LINES OF WORDS W/ A TOTAL OF 17 SYLLABLES |
| NOH | OLDEST TYPE OF PLAY;DEVELOPED FROM RELIGIOUS DANCES & USED TO TEACH BUDDHIST IDEAS |
| TSUNAMI | HUGE OCEAN WAVE CAUSED BY AN UNDERSEA EARTHQUAKE |
| ANGKOR WAT | A RELIGIOUS TEMPLE, ROYAL TOMB & OBSERVATORY; LARGEST RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE IN THE WORLD |