Quarter 2 Word Wall

A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility:

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

• Oligarchy

• Republic

The policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries:

• Imperialism

• Indigenism

• Isolationism

• Animism

The system of ethics, education, and statesmanship focusing on kind behavior and respecting people in authority

• Buddhism

• Shinto

• Confucianism

• Animism

Indigenous

• Native to a certain area

• A West African storyteller

• A series of rulers from the same family

• The policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries

Monotheism

• Native to a certain area

• A series of rulers from the same family

• Belief in only one god

• A general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name

Animism

• Belief in only one god

• The belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits

• A general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name

• Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land

Griots

• A West African tribal storyteller

• A series of rulers from the same family

• The policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries

• Native to a certain area

Dynasty

• A series of rulers from the same family

• Native to a certain area

• Belief in only one god

• A general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name

The Warrior class of feudal Japan

• Shogun

• Daimyo

• Samurai

• Peasants

The military warlord of feudal Japan

• Emperor

• Samurai

• Shogun

• Daimyo