Topic 12 Lesson 5: Japanese Feudalism

Under feudalism, who was directly responsible for protecting the people?

• the shogun

• the emperor

• the daimyo

• the kami

The Fujiwara rose to power by

• making a fortune through trade.

• waging war on other clans.

• having their daughters marry emperors.

• defeating the Mongol invaders.

Whom did the samurai owe their loyalty?

• the peasants

• the daimyo

• the emperor

• Shinto priests

The term shogun means

• emperor.

• land owner.

• merchant.

• supreme military commander.

What was one main difference between Japanese and European feudalism?

• Japanese feudalism emerged out of a period of violence; European feudalism did not.

• Japanese feudalism was influenced by religions other than Christianity.

• European feudalism involved the exchange of land for services; Japanese feudalism did not.

• Japanese samurai and European knights did not follow similar codes of conduct.

What is a figurehead?

• person who appears to be in charge when someone else is really in control

• powerful Japanese military leader who often had more power than the emperor

• a strict social system in which landowners grant people land or other rewards in exchange for military service or labor

• local landowning lord in feudal Japan

What is a shogun?

• powerful Japanese military leader who often had more power than the emperor

• a strict social system in which landowners grant people land or other rewards in exchange for military service or labor

• local landowning lord in feudal Japan

• highly trained Japanese warrior in feudal Japan

What is feudalism?

• a strict social system in which landowners grant people land or other rewards in exchange for military service or labor

• local landowning lord in feudal Japan

• highly trained Japanese warrior in feudal Japan

• "the way of the warrior," a strict code of conduct that guided samurai behavior

What is a daimyo?

• local landowning lord in feudal Japan

• highly trained Japanese warrior in feudal Japan

• "the way of the warrior," a strict code of conduct that guided samurai behavior

• again and again without end

What is a samurai?

• highly trained Japanese warrior in feudal Japan

• "the way of the warrior," a strict code of conduct that guided samurai behavior

• again and again without end

• cause