Samurai
What was the primary job of a samurai? (among other ceremonial and administrative roles)
To protect the Daimyo's estate
The term for someone who owes loyalty to another in exchange for land
Vassal
Which word was the medieval European knight's code of ideal behavior, including bravery, loyalty, and respect for women
Chivalry
Merchants, farmers, and artisans were all types of what social group in the feudal structure?
peasants
Landowners in feudal Japan
Daimyo
What was the name of the code that Samurai had to follow, which included showing no emotion and being loyal to the daimyo and emperor?
Bushido
Farmers and fishermen were the ________ form of peasants in Japanese feudalism
highest
A knight provided protection for the lord; what did the knight receive for this service?
Land/a place to live
European Feudalism developed largely after the fall of who's empire (the Frankish king and his descendents)?
Charlemagne
Who held most of the power in the military government of feudal Japan?
If a samurai broke the code of Bushido, what would they be required to do?
Seppuku
What is the difference between a peasant and a serf?
Peasants are "free" to leave the manor; serfs are stuck working for the master.
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A grant of land from a lord to his vassal
fief
What was a masterless samurai called?
Ronin
One of the types of poetry written by the Samurai
Haiku
Name two differences between the feudal hierarchies in Japan and Europe
Shogun and peasant farmers at different levels
During this stage of becoming a knight, a would be knight learns how to clean weapons and ride a horse
Squire
After Rome's empire collapsed, many new kingdoms arose in which part of the Empire, East or West?
West
Outlaws, invaders, and civil wars
In the early days of the Samurai, women of the samurai class could do what?
Fight alongside their husbands and men
Essentially a figurehead in feudal Japan
Emperor
True or False: part of the code of Chivalry was that knights shouldn't harm peasants
True
What three groups invaded Charlemagne's Empire, leading to the rise of feudal rule in Europe?
Magyars, Vikings, and Muslims
The name of this feudal position translates to "Great General"
Shogun