| A | B |
|---|
| Honshu | Japan's largest and most populated island |
| Mount Fuji | Japan's highest mountain peak |
| Kanto Plain | the largest lowland of JApan |
| Hokkaido | Japans northernmost, second largest island |
| Kyushu | Japans southernmost island, home to severel large cities |
| Shikoku | Japan's smallest and least populated major island |
| Ring of Fire | a geographic zone that extends along the rim of the Pacific Ocean and has a lot of volcanoes and earthquakes |
| Heian period | era in Japan history A.D. 794-1185; arts and writing flourished |
| samurai | professional soldiers of Japan |
| shogun | leader of military government in Japan beginning in 1192 |
| diamyo | powerful samurai who became warrior-chieftains |
| Tokugawa leyasu | shogun who unified Japan |
| Shinto | Japan's original religion, involves worshiping gods found in nature |
| clan | a group of families related through a common ancestor |
| emperor | a man who is the ruler of an empire |
