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