| A | B |
|---|
| bushido | Japanese samurai code of honor |
| chivalry | European knights code of honor |
| August 6, 1945 | beginning of the nuclear age: Hiroshima suffers the 1st atomic bomb |
| December 7, 1941 | US enters World War II - Pearl Harbor attacked |
| Commodore Matthew Perry | American who forced Japan to open itself up to the US & Western trade |
| daimyo | Japanese lord |
| feudalism | political system: land for protection |
| imperialism | taking over an area for your own benefit |
| Meiji | Japanese emperor - came to power in 1860s |
| Meiji Restoration | 1860 - 1945: Japan industrializes, westernizes, starts its own imperialism |
| samurai | Japanese warrior |
| shogun | Japanese military General: actually ruled Japan from 1600 - 1850 |
| Tokugawa shogunate | 1600-1850: Japanese feudalism - Japan isolates itself from the world |
| export | to ship goods out - make $ |
| import | to bring goods in - lose $ |
| favorable balance of trade | you export more than you import |
| interdependence | Japanese & US trade |
| skilled workers | people who are smart - can run machines/computers |
| loyalty | doing anything for someone or something |
| technology | computers, machines |
| zaibatsu | Japanese corporation - run by a family |
