Japan Vocabulary

Match the following terms and definitions.

• Shinto

• Japanese spirits within nature in the Shinto

  religion

• Kami

• the samurai moral code; 'The Way of the

  Warrior'

• Shogun

• a belief system in Japan that teaches that

  everything in nature has a spirit. There is no holy

  book and no key person

• Bushido

• Japanese military leader

• samurai

• Japanese warrior class

Match the following terms and definitions.

• diplomat

• a written set of laws for a country

• sovereign

• the highest class or group of people in a society

• aristocracy

• a supreme ruler, like a king or an emperor

• constitution

• someone who officially represents a country

• subordinate

• lower in rank or value than something else

In feudal Japan, a ​ (a)   was the military leader. The ​ (b)   , or high class members of society who owned land and had wealth, were called daimyos. Samurai were ​ (c)   to both the daimyos and the military leader. The code of conduct samurai must follow is called ​ (d)   .

• shogun
• aristocracy
• subordinate
• sovereign
• constitution
• Bushido
• diplomat
• archipelago

The major religion native to Japan is ​ (a)   . This is a religion that believes in ​ (b)   , or that objects in nature have spirits. These spirits are called ​ (c)   .

• Shinto
• animism
• Kami
• Bushido
• Shogun
• Samurai

Match the picture to the vocabulary term

• Archipelago

• 
• samurai

• 
• constitution

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Marco Polo was a ​ (a)   for China, meaning he represented the country when talking with leaders from other countries.

• diplomat
• constitution
• sovereign
• culture