Unit 3

6. the teachings of the Chinese scholar Confucius
7. Japanese word meaning enlightened rule
8. Japan’s Indigenous people
9. ritual suicide performed in Japan as an honourable alternative to humiliation and public shame
11. determined by birth
14. cooked rice or a meal
16. a strong, destructive wave caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions on the ocean floor
17. when a person or group is set apart or cut off from others by geographic, ecological, or social barriers

1. payment for losses
2. Japanese people who were shunned or ignored by other classes because of the type of work they did
3. adopting the culture and ideas of the Western world
4. a celebration or ceremony observed with regularity
5. the gods of nature of the Ainu
9. a strong council of advisors, officials, and administrators
10. a group of people similar in nature and character that make up the majority of people in an area
12. rules about right and wrong behaviour
13. a Japanese military ruler in Edo Japan
15. forcing a group of people to acquire the characteristics of a majority group