Medieval Japan

Powerful military lords who controlled small territories in Japan

• daimyo
• shoguns
• samurai
• emperior

Commander of the emperor's military forces

• daimyo
• emperor
• samurai
• shogun

A warrior in a nobel's private army

• vassal
• shogun
• daimyo
• samurai

The bond of loyalty between a lord and those to whom he has given land

• vassal
• clan
• feudalism
• constitution

large land owners in Japan

• shogun
• samurai
• daimyo
• figurehead

Which of the following lists is in order from most powerful to least powerful?

• samurai, shogun, daimyo, peasant

• samurai, shogun, peasant, daimyo

• shogun, samurai, daimyo, peasant

• shogun, daimyo, samurai, peasant

The followers of Shinto honored their beliefs by...

• developing their own language

• worshiping their ancestors

• building shrines

• performing seppuku

kami

• belief in spirits that are outside of the body

• nature spirits that the people of Japan believed they could call on for help

• a religious group

• the process of coming into being, or of becoming important

archipelago

• a narrow piece of land linking two larger pieces of land

• a broad geographic area

• chain of islands; an expanse of water with many scattered islands

• an area of high, mostly flat land

Which group on the social hierarchy was considered lowest in Japanese society?

• Daimyo

• Merchants

• Peasants

• Shogun