Medieval Japan Vocabulary Quiz

A new form of Buddhism where people who practice it believed neither faith nor good behavior led to wisdom. Instead, people seeking wisdom should practice self-discipline and meditation, or quiet thinking.

• Buddhism

• Zen

• Shinto

• Kami

A person who appears to rule even though the real power rests with someone else.

• daimyo

• shogun

• samurai

• figurehead

The samurai code of rules, also known as "The way of the warrior". Both men and women from samurai families had to follow the Bushido rules.

• Bushido

• Buddhism

• Feudalism

• Zen

A group of nobles who live near and serve or advise a ruler.

• Regent

• Court

• Figurehead

• Clan

A person who rules a country for someone who is unable to rule alone.

• Samurai

• Court

• Regent

• Structure

A general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name. Shoguns would go on to rule Japan for 700 years beginning in 1192.

• Shogun

• Daimyo

• Bushido

• Samurai

Trained professional warriors who defended the daimyo and their property. They wore light armor and fought with swords and bows. Most came from noble families and inherited their position from their fathers.

• Shogun

• Clans

• Shinto

• Samurai

One of the great writers in early Japanese history. She wrote "The Tale of Genji", which historians consider the world's first full-length novels.

• Lady Murasaki Shikibu

• Prince Shotoku

• Akira Kurasawa

• Sei Shonagon

Japan's largest landowners who hired samurai to protect their own lands.

• Court

• Zen

• Emperor

• Daimyo

One of Japan's greatest leaders who served as regent to his aunt, the empress.

• Jimmu Tenno

• Prince Shotoku

• Yamato

• The Ainu