| A | B |
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| Jimmu | The first emperor of Japan. According to the myth he was related to the gods. (660BCE) |
| Prince Shotoku | The Price that brought Buddhism to Japan and was responsible for the Age of Enlightenment (600s) |
| Kublai Khan | Mongolian leader who tried to take over Japan and was stopped by the Kamikaze (!200s) |
| Hideyoshi | A general in Nobanaga's army who coulc not become Shogun because he was born a common man (1500s) |
| Tokogawa | The Shogun that closed off Japan to foreigners for 250 years (1600s) |
| Matthew Perry | American sailor who came to Japn in "modern" steamship and got Japn to "reopen" and moderize (1800s) |
| Gerneral MacArthur | The Gerneral who led the American tropps against Japan in WWII. (1900s) |
| Buddhism | A religion that began in India and came to Japan in the time of Prince Shotoku |
| Shinto | Traditional Japanese religon that taught that there were sprits in all things |
| Confucius | A Chinese Philosopher that taught people should obey their elders |
| Divine | Goddly |
| Samurai | Japanese warior class. Literally means "one who serves" |
| No | Japanese style of theater for upper class people. Actors wore wooden masks |
| Kabuki | Japanese style of theater for common people. More colorful and lively than no. Men played woman's roles. |
| archipelago | a chain of islands |
| Daimyo | Loal friends and family of the Shogun. Similar to a vassal in Europe |
| Shogun | Supreme military ruler of Japan |
| Hierarchy | A pyramid shaped power structure that shows peole rank in society |
| Economic | Having to do with the way people exchange goods ( trade,money, etc.) |
| Import | Bringing goods into a country |
| Export | Sending goods out of a country |
