ewhis feudal japan review
(Buddhism in Japan) ____ travelers brought Buddhism to Japan. Buddhist ideas and ____ spread throughout Japan. Japan did not give up its _____ beliefs. Buddhist and Shinto beliefs merged together in ___ ______
Korean; worship; Shinto; Zen Buddhism
in the feudal system in both Europe and Japan, what did lesser nobles give to lords in exchange for grants of land?
Lesser nobles gave landlords the promise to fight for them when conflict arose
the highest point
Mt Fuji
Nippon-- Land of ________ ______
Rising Sun
religion on Japan was mainly ______, an ____ religion with an emphasis on ______
Shinto; indigenous; nature
what different religions or belief systems influenced people in the two regions?
In Europe, Christianity was the main religion, and its ideals were blended with military values to form the concept of chivalry. In Japan, Bushido (the code of honor) was influential, and it combined Confucian and Buddhist beliefs of duty and selflessness.
feudalism
a system where lords with land passed some down to nobles for service in conflicts, nobles gave warriors land/food/shelter for loyalty and defense, and peasants farmed land for classes above them in exchange for shelter
Japan's geography was an ___________: chain of ____
archipelago; islands
code of ______: a code of behavior that every samurai must follow
bushido
chivalry
code of behavior for knights that blended Christian ideals and military values
Bushido
code of honor for samurai that blended Confucian values of obedience and duty with Buddhist beliefs of selflessness
Feudal Society from highest to lowest rank
emperor, shogun, diamyo, samurai, ronin, peasants, artisans, merchants
peasants
farmers and fishers, 90% of the population
loyalty to the state is referred to as ____
fidelity
parts of Bushido (3)
fidelity, politeness, simplicity
emperor
figurehead, reigns but not always the ruler
clan
groups that fought the imperial court for control
merchants
lowest class, least respected because they made their profits off of other peoples work
shogun
powerful Japanese general, head of the samurai, military figure that did not exist in Europe
warrior classes
shogun: political leader; diamyo: nobles; samurai: warriors; ronin: paid soldiers
what religious figure existed in Europe but not Japan
the Pope, head of the Catholic Church
knight
the warriors of Europe, had chivalry
samurai
the warriors of Japan, had Code of Bushido
many _______ on __ major islands
volcanoes; 4
what conditions led to the development of feudalism in both Western Europe and Japan?
when the central government lost power, warlords fought over territory, and warriors from other lands threatened to invade, so these regions had to develop a way to keep order in the land and not have a weak government
in Shinto, the earth, sky, sea, sun, moon, and stars are _______ as gods (Mt Fuji is the mountain goddess)
worshipped