Medieval Japan

In the Medieval Japanese feudal system, these men were considered to be the most powerful.

• Shogun

• Samurai

• Emperor

• Daimyo

Geographically, Japan is a(n)

• Archipelago

• Island

• Peninsula

• Continent

In Europe, knights followed a code called Chivalry, for the samurai it is...

• Bushido

• Kami

• Shinto

• Daimyo

Powerful military lords who controlled small territories in Japan

• daimyo
• shoguns
• samurai
• emperior

A warrior in a nobel's private army

• vassal
• shogun
• daimyo
• samurai

kamikaze

• “divine wind”, what the Japanese named the typhoons that saved from the Mongols

• samurai code of conduct, “the way of the warrior”

• powerful military lords; feudal rulers, a class like the nobles and lords in Medieval Europe

• the system of service between a lord and vassals who have sworn loyalty to a lord

A person who rules for an emperor?

• Samurai

• Daiymo

• Prince

• Regent

Japan adopted which country’s writing system?

• India

• China

• Korea

• Vietnam

How did Japan's location influence its history?

• Japan dominated world trade.

• Japan was open to multiple invasions.

• Japan was isolated from other cultures.

• Japan had contact with many different cultures.

In feudal Japan, who was at the top of the social structure, but really had no power?

• Daimyo

• Emperor

• Farners

• Shoguns