Shoguns and Samurai

Who were the Samurai?

• Warriors who fought in return for land

• Emperors

• Commander of all military forces

• An Invading Mongol who tried to attack Japan

What was the Bushido Code?

• The name of a ship of an Invading Mongol

• The laws of Japan

• Strict code of conduct the Samurai lived by. "Way of the Warrior"

• The way the Bushido's lived

What was the Census?

• It counted people in the country

• Emperor had to give money to the military

• People who held land had to pay taxes in rice or silk

• Emperor had to give up being Emperor

What is a Shogun?

• Common person

• Chinese Samurai

• Emperor

• Commander of all military forces

What is a Kamikaze? (Circa A.D. 1200)

• A typhoon in Japan that wiped out most of the Invading Mongol's ships

• A Japanese fighter plane that was used in World War II

• A type of government used in Japan

• A civilization in China

What is Feudalism?

• A type of government

• A ship that belonged to a Mongol

• A city in America

• The bond of loyalty between a lord and a vassal

Who is Ashikaga Takauji?

• A Japanese Emperor

• A person who rebelled against the emperor and made himself shogun which started the Ashikaga shogunate

• A famous Samurai

• A Vassal

What is a Daimyo?

• A fancy word for emperor

• A territory in Russia

• A powerful military leader of small territories

• A fancy word for vassal

Who is Minamoto Yoritomo?

• He won the Gempei War and was a ruthless first shogun

• A Chinese Emperor

• A famous Samurai

• A Daimyo

What is a Vassal?

• A fancy word of Emperor

• A Chinese word for Ruler

• An American country

• A person that gave an oath of loyalty to a Daimyo