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Medieval Japan
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History
7th Grade
05/14/2010

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Cards

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clans

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large, extended families (i.e. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and etc.)

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Shinto

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a nature religion that began in Japan (celebrates all forms of life and believes that their are kami spirits everywhere)

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Prince Shotoku

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Prince who introduced many Chinese ideas to Japan (i.e. Confucius)

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regent

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a person who rules in someone's else's name

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court

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group of nobles who surround a noble

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Zen

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a from of Japanese Buddhism

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(Daimyo Nobunaga)

 

daimyo

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Japanese lords who gives land to samurai

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samurai

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a Japanese warrior

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figurehead

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a person who appears to rule even though real power rests with someone else

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shogun

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a general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name

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bushido

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Samurai codes of rules and or ethics

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