Global History Regents-Unit3;Sec.1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Geography of Japan | Chain of islands in Pacific Ocean known as the Ring of Fire (vocanoes); mountainous |
| Shinto | the ancient indigenous religion of Japan following the forces of nature; "the way of the gods" |
| kami | gods or nature spirits of Japanese religion (Shinto), which lived in all things, such as waterfalls, sand, and great trees |
| Zen Buddhism | school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith |
| shogun | the supreme military commander of Japan |
| daimyo | a japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai |
| bushido | traditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple living |
| kabuki | a type of Japanese drama in which music, dance and mime are used to present stories |
| haiku | a Japanese verse form of three short lines |
| Tokugawa Shogunate | Japanese ruling dynasty that strove to isolate it from foreign influences and formed a centralized feudal government in 1100s |
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