Across
- 4. era considered the golden age of prosperity in Japan
- 6. prince who introduced many Chinese ideas such as, language, religion, and ways to govern to Japan
- 10. a group of nobles who live near and advise a ruler
- 11. large landowners who hired samurai to protect their land
- 13. first religion of Japan with the belief that all of nature has kami or spirit
- 14. trained professional warriors who practiced Zen Buddhism
- 15. a type of Buddhism that promotes self-discipline (self-guidance) and meditation or quiet thinking
Down
- 1. a leader who appears to be in charge, but the real power is with someone else
- 2. the “way of the warrior” or warrior code of behavior
- 3. a general who ruled Japan surpassing the power of the emperor
- 5. a group of islands
- 7. a person who rules a country for someone who is unable to rule alone
- 8. a system of protection in which land and people are protected by skilled warriors in exchange for a small portion of land
- 9. the Shinto spirit wind that the Japanese believed destroyed invading Mongol fleets
- 10. extended families that live together
- 12. to be apart from others. Japan was isolated from other countries due to its geography.