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Japan Terms
Japan Terms
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History
10th Grade
06/11/2013

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Archipelago
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A chain of islands
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Ring of Fire
Definition
A region of earthquakes and volcanoes
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Terrace farming
Definition
Cutting into the side of the mountains to make flat land to farm on.
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homogeneous society
Definition
People share a common language and culture
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Bushido
Definition
Samurai’s code of conduct – the way of the warrior
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arranged marriages
Definition
Parents choose who their children will marry
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Zen Buddhism
Definition
Type of Buddhism practiced in Japan
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Shintoism
Definition
Traditional Japanese religion in which the Japanese believe there are spirits in nature called Kami
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Kami
Definition
In Shintoism, spirits in nature
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samurai
Definition
Fierce warrior knights
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Feudalism
Definition
Local lords ruled the land but they were bound to higher lords and emperors by ties of loyalty
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shogun
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Chief general of the army, most powerful ruler in Japanese Feudalism
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centralized government
Definition
Control of the government comes from the capital, less local control for local leaders.
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Tokugawa Isolation Act
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Tokugawa Shogun isolated Japan from foreigners to save Japanese culture.
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Commodore Perry
Definition
U.S. navy officer who forced Japan to open their ports to the west
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Meiji Restoration 1868 - 1895
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Period of rapid modernization by the Japanese, they also restored the power back to the emperor
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Militarism
Definition
The glorification of militarism and readiness for war – looking for war
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Island Hopping
Definition
U.S. policy during WWII of taking over island after island from the Japanese
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Definition
The two Japanese cities that they U.S. used atomic weapons on to end WWII
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Treaty of Kanagawa 1854
Definition
The Treaty that Commodore Perry forced the Japanese to sign opening up Japan’s port to the west.
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MacArthur Plan
Definition
U.S. General MacArthur’s plan to rebuild Japan into a modern, democratic country
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General MacArthur
Definition
U.S. general who took over Japan after WWII
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Japanese Diet
Definition
Japanese Elected representative body – like the U.S. legislative branch (Japanese Congress)
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Economic Miracle
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Refers to how fast Japan was able to rebuild its economy using modern factories after WWII.
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Interdependence
Definition
When two countries or regions rely on each other equally for the goods they need
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trade imbalance
Definition
When your trade is unequal – either you export more then you import or you import more then you export
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