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SS Chapter 15
vocabulary words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| clan | extended families |
| Shinto | traditional religion of Japan |
| Prince Shotoku | brought Chinese ideas to Japan |
| regent | a person who rules a country for someone that can't rule alone |
| court | a group of nobles that advise a ruler |
| Lady Murasaki Shikibu | great Japanese writer |
| Zen | popular form of Buddhism from China |
| daimyo | Japan's large landowner |
| samurai | professional warriors |
| figurehead | a person that appears to rule, but someone else has the power |
| shogun | a general that ruled Japan in the emperor's name |
| Bushido | samurai code of rules |
| values | ideas that people hold dear |
| structure | the way something is set up |