Medieval Japan

Powerful military lords who controlled small territories in Japan

• daimyo
• shoguns
• samurai
• emperior

Commander of the emperor's military forces

• daimyo
• emperor
• samurai
• shogun

A warrior in a nobel's private army

• vassal
• shogun
• daimyo
• samurai

the belief that all natural things are alive and have their own spirits

• animism
• meditation
• vassal
• tanka

The bond of loyalty between a lord and those to whom he has given land

• vassal
• clan
• feudalism
• constitution

Princess Suiko created Japan’s first constitution and borrowed ideas from China.

• True
• False

What does Bushido mean?

• the "way of the warrior"

• the "noble art"

• the "way of the gods"

• the "divine art of war"

large land owners in Japan

• shogun
• samurai
• daimyo
• figurehead

Which of these are not charcteristics of bushido?

• honor
• bravery
• respecting others
• fleeing in battle

Which of the following lists is in order from most powerful to least powerful?

• samurai, shogun, daimyo, peasant

• samurai, shogun, peasant, daimyo

• shogun, samurai, daimyo, peasant

• shogun, daimyo, samurai, peasant