| A | B |
| Edo | What Tokyo used to be called |
| Bushido | Code of honour and conduct |
| Rice | Brought to Japan in 300CE, changed Japanese culture forever |
| Samurai | Feudal Japanese warrior, could come from any class |
| Jomon Pit House | In Jomon period, people in Japan lived in these |
| 1939-1945 | World War II lasted from . .. |
| 1941 | The year Japan bombed Pearl Harbour |
| Emperor | Top of the feudal heirarchy: highest status |
| Merchants | Bottom status but richest group |
| Nun or Monk or Samurai | The jobs you could attain and let you move around in status |