Modern Asia - Japan and Korea Key Terms

the name for Japan's elected legislature

• fishery

• diet

• work ethic

a traditional Korean food made from pickled cabbage and spices

• tariff

• kimono

• kimchi

an attempt to dominate the country's government, trade, and culture

• imperialism

• tsunami

• diet

a traditional Japanese robe

• samurai

• tariff

• kimono

a trained professional warrior in feudal Japan

• diet

• shogun

• samurai

a general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name

• samurai

• shogun

• kimchi

a fee that a country charges on imports or exports

• tariff

• work ethic

• imperialism

a peninsula on the east coast of Asia

• Korean Peninsula

• Arabian Peninsula

• Iberian Peninsula

a place where lots of fish and other seafood can be caught

• kimchi

• tafiff

• fishery

a belief that work in itself is worthwhile

• imperialism

• kimchi

• work ethic