Medieval Vocabulary
Across
- 3. A person who promised loyalty and service to a lord.
- 6. A fortified building used for protection and defense.
- 9. The code of honor followed by samurai.
- 10. A set of rules for knights about bravery, loyalty, and honor.
- 11. A religion that emphasized meditation and self-control.
- 15. The symbolic ruler of Japan with little real power.
Down
- 1. A system of land ownership and loyalty similar to Europe.
- 2. A system where land was exchanged for loyalty and service.
- 4. A trained warrior who served a daimyo.
- 5. A warrior who served a lord and followed a code of behavior.
- 7. The military ruler of Japan during feudal times.
- 8. A group of craftsmen or merchants who controlled a trade.
- 12. A powerful landowning lord who served the shogun.
- 13. A large estate where peasants worked and lived.
- 14. A peasant who was tied to the land and worked for a lord.