Chapter 5 Vocabulary

4. - to separate from others; to separate from other populated areas; to set apart from others.
7. - the ability of people to do work; work; the tasks that workers perform.
8. - the system of service between a lord and the vassals who have sworn loyalty to the lord; political order; under feudalism, nobles governed and protected people in return for services.
10. - a religious group.
12. - a person under the protection of a lord to whom he has vowed loyalty; a low-ranking noble under the protection of a feudal lord.
14. - the basic laws of a state that define the role of government and guarentee its obligation to the people; a document that describes how a country will be governed and guarantees people certain rights.
15. - an unrhythmic poem of five lines. Tanka poems capture nature’s beauty and the joys and sorrows of life.
18. - to make certain or make sure of.
19. - belief in spirits outside the body.

1. - something gained by working for it.
2. - the act of focusing one’s thoughts to gain a higher level of spiritual awareness.
3. - a group of merchants or craftsmen during medieval times; a group of merchants or craftspeople.
5. - sports that involve combat and self-defense.
6. - payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of submission or for protection.
9. - belief in Gods, demons, and spirits.
11. - the chief military commander in feudal Japan.
13. - a warrior who served a Japanese lord and lived by a strict code of loyalty.
16. - a chain of islands surrounded by an expanse of water.
17. - representing; in the place of.