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Standards Vocabulary—Japan
Instructions: Copy the following words and definitions into your Learning Target Notebook.
WORD / DEFINITION
- aristocracy
/ a government run by a small class of people; an upper class that is usually based on birth and is richer and more powerful than the rest of society
- Buddhism
/ see China definitions
- Confucianism
/ see China definitions
- contemporary
/ happening or beginning now or in recent times
- daimyo
/ a feudal lord of Japan who was a large landowner
- emergence
/ the act of becoming known
- enduring
/ existing or lasting for a long period of time
- epitomize
/ to be a perfect example or representation of (something)
- Heian Period
/ a period in Japanese history from 784-1185 that was ruled by the Fujiwara clan; noted for its art, poetry, and literature
- indigenous
/ produced, growing, or living naturally in a particular region or environment
- Kyoto
/ modern-day city in Japan
- Nara Period
/ a period of Japanese history from 710–784; characterized by the adoption of Chinese culture and forms of government
- prose
/ writing that is not poetry
- samurai
/ a warrior who served a Japanese lord and lived by a strict code of loyalty
- Shinto
/ the traditional religion of Japan, meaning “way of the spirits”
- shogun
/ a military governor who ruled Japan
Standards Vocabulary—Japan
Instructions: Copy the following words and definitions into your Learning Target Notebook.
WORD / DEFINITION
- aristocracy
/ a government run by a small class of people; an upper class that is usually based on birth and is richer and more powerful than the rest of society
- Buddhism
/ see China definitions
- Confucianism
/ see China definitions
- contemporary
/ happening or beginning now or in recent times
- daimyo
/ a feudal lord of Japan who was a large landowner
- emergence
/ the act of becoming known
- enduring
/ existing or lasting for a long period of time
- epitomize
/ to be a perfect example or representation of (something)
- Heian Period
/ a period in Japanese history from 784-1185 that was ruled by the Fujiwara clan; noted for its art, poetry, and literature
- indigenous
/ produced, growing, or living naturally in a particular region or environment
- Kyoto
/ modern-day city in Japan
- Nara Period
/ a period of Japanese history from 710–784; characterized by the adoption of Chinese culture and forms of government
- prose
/ writing that is not poetry
- samurai
/ a warrior who served a Japanese lord and lived by a strict code of loyalty
- Shinto
/ the traditional religion of Japan, meaning “way of the spirits”
- shogun
/ a military governor who ruled Japan
