Unit 11: Medeval Japan Vocabulary

A chain of islands that stretches north to south in the northern Pacific Ocean.

• Daimyo

• Japan

• Shogun

• Kami

A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other major disturbance.

• Typhoon

• Daimyo

• Shogun

• Tsunami

A string of volcanos and sites of earthquakes around the edges of the Pacific Ocean.

• Tsunami

• Ring of Fire

• Typhoon

• Japan

Powerful military lords in feudal Japan.

• Daimyo

• Kami

• Shogun

• Samurai

A tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific Oceans.

• Kami

• Typhoon

• Tsunami

• Hurricane

A military ruler in feudal Japan.

• Shogun

• Daimyo

• Kami

• Samurai

Sports, such as judo and karate, that involve combat and self-defense.

• Samurai

• Shogun

• Martial Arts

• Kami

A divine being in the Shinto religion.

• Kami

• Daimyo

• Samurai

• Sect

Japan's highest mountain and most noted volcano.

• Kami

• Ring of Fire

• Daimyo

• Mt. Fuji

Japan's native belief system. It was the state religion of Japan until 1945.

• Shogun

• Sect

• Shintoism

• Daimyo