Ancient Japan Unit Test Review

Front 1

Kami

Back 1

Spirits that live in every object in nature

Front 2

Bushido

Back 2

The way of the warrior; strict code of honor and total loyalty.

Front 3

Samurai

Back 3

A noble, and a warrior in battle, one who serves their master.

Front 4

Kana

Back 4

The written language

Front 5

Shinto

Back 5

The religion of the samurai.

Front 6

Zen Buddhism

Back 6

A religion that came to Japan from China

Front 7

Shogun

Back 7

The military and political leaders

Front 8

Bakufu

Back 8

The “tent government” led by the Shogun.

Front 9

Mon

Back 9

Family Crest

Front 10

Uji

Back 10

One of the main towns in Japan

Front 11

Pilgrimmage

Back 11

Trip to a holy place

Front 12

Miyabi

Back 12

The code of courtly manner

Front 13

Shoen

Back 13

Tax-free estates

Front 14

Torii

Back 14

The gate that people enter to go to a holy place where the kami lives.

Front 15

Abacus

Back 15

A device that used for math calculations.

Front 16

Chancellor

Back 16

Trusted advisor of the emperor

Front 17

Daimyo

Back 17

A war lord

Front 18

Kamikazee

Back 18

Typhoons that wiped out the Mongol invasion

Front 19

Kago

Back 19

a box that 4 people carry - merchants ride in them

Front 20

Sake

Back 20

Japanese drink that has alcohol

Front 21

Obi

Back 21

a belt that people put on

Front 22

Hachimaki

Back 22

Headband which was decorated with his family crest

Front 23

Tatami

Back 23

Mats that Japanese people sit on

Front 24

Kabuki

Back 24

A theater where peasants, farmers, and merchants watch plays

Front 25

Hai

Back 25

Putting on a sword or
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Front 26

Haiku

Back 26

Formal, unrhymed poetry

Front 27

Barbarian

Back 27

Uncivilized person

Front 28

Ronin

Back 28

A samurai without a master, a disgrace to Japanese culture

Front 29

Acrobat

Back 29

A skilled performer that performs gymnastics

Front 30

Magistrate

Back 30

Court officials

Front 31

Seppuku

Back 31

A suicide ritual, last way for the samurai to die in honor

Front 32

Cha-no-yu

Back 32

Japanese tea ritual

Front 33

Bonsai

Back 33

A miniature tree that is supposed to be more beautiful than in nature

Front 34

Kimono

Back 34

The dress that Japanese women wear

Front 35

Meditation

Back 35

A form of relaxing that goes on for hours, Buddhist monks do it a lot

Front 36

Amaterasu

Back 36

The sun goddess

Front 37

Kana

Back 37

The written language

Front 38

Court Nobles

Back 38

Somebody of high rank that lives in the court

Front 39

Shrine

Back 39

Places where the kami lives

Front 40

Ise

Back 40

A certain kind of shrine

Front 41

Kirishitans

Back 41

Christians, Japanese do not like them to be in Japan

Front 42

Tabi

Back 42

A type of shoe

Front 43

Provincial Nobles

Back 43

Nobles that where independent, and raised their own army