Medieval Japan Vocabulary

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  1. 4. A powerful Japanese feudal lord or warlord who controlled large amounts of land, acted as a local ruler, and hired samurai warriors to protect their territory and fight in wars
  2. 6. The Shinto spirit wind that the Japanese believed destroyed invading Mongol fleets
  3. 7. prince who introduced many Chinese ideas such as language, religion, and ways to govern to Japan
  4. 11. a leader who appears to be in charge, but the real power is with someone else
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  1. 1. the traditional code of honor, morals, and behavior followed by the samurai (warriors) of feudal Japan
  2. 2. era is considered the golden age of prosperity in Japan
  3. 3. a person who rules a country for someone unable to rule alone
  4. 5. The elite, hereditary warrior class of feudal Japan who served as armed retainers to daimyos
  5. 8. The first religion of Japan, with the belief that all of nature has kami or spirit
  6. 9. the dominant political, social, and economic system in medieval Europe and Japan based on land ownership, personal loyalty, and a rigid class hierarchy.
  7. 10. A powerful military dictator who acted as the real, de facto ruler of Japan.