YOUR TASK: In pencil using the word bank, try to match the word to the correct
definition. Check answers, edit, then paste in the back of your book.
KEY TERMS - JAPAN
shugo
bakufu
archipelago
daimyo
shogun
kamikaze
Heian period
sengoku
chusei
Shintoism
samurai
bushido
tectonic plate
________________ describes medieval times
_________________ The bakufu was the military government of Japan between 1192 and 1868,
headed by the shogun
__________________ The samurai leader Minamoto Yoritomo gained military hegemony over Japan in
1185; seven years later he assumed the title of shogun and established the first shogunate, or
bakufu (literally, “tent government”), at his Kamakura headquarters.
____________________ Subordinate only to the shogun, daimyo were the most powerful feudal rulers
from the 10th century to the middle 19th century in Japan. From the shugo of the Muromachi
period through the Sengoku to the daimyo of the Edo period, the rank had a long and varied
history.
_______________ Sengoku Jidai or Warring States Period
__________________ a title, commonly translated as "Governor," given to certain officials in feudal
Japan. They were each appointed by the shogun to oversee one or more of the provinces of Japan.
The position gave way to the emergence of the daimyō (feudal lords) in the late 15th century, as
shugo began to claim power over lands themselves, rather than serving simply as governors on
behalf of the shogunate.
___________________ Sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster or
collection of islands.
___________________ The last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The
period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese
history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height.
______________________ The lithosphere, which is the rigid outermost shell of a planet (on Earth, the
crust and upper mantle), is broken up into these plates. On Earth, there are seven or eight major
plates (depending on how they are defined) and many minor plates.
___________________ warrior knights
_______________________ Japanese religion based on the worship of nature
_______________________ the ‘way’ of the warrior
_______________________ divine winds