History Words
A system where land is exchanged for service and loyalty.
What is feudalism?
The military leader who ruled Japan during the feudal era.
What is a shogun?
A fortified home where nobles lived for protection.
What is a castle?
Both medieval Europe and Japan had systems based on land and loyalty.
What is feudalism?
Studying people, places, and events from the past.
What is history?
A powerful landowner in medieval societies.
What is a lord?
The warrior class in feudal Japan.
What are samurai?
The system of mutual obligations between lords and vassals.
What is feudalism?
Knights in Europe are most similar to this Japanese group.
What are samurai?
Something created at the time being studied (e.g. sword, letter).
What is a primary source?
A social system where people are ranked into levels or classes.
What is a hierarchy?
The code of honour followed by samurai.
What is Bushido?
A religious journey to a holy place.
What is a pilgrimage?
Both societies had strict social structures; this is called a…
What is a hierarchy?
A text written later about the past (e.g. textbook).
What is a secondary source?
The lowest class in medieval Europe, often tied to the land.
What is a serf?
The emperor of Japan was often less powerful than this figure.
What is the shogun?
The dominant religion in medieval Europe.
What is Christianity?
In both societies, warriors followed rules or codes of behaviour.
What are chivalry (Europe) and Bushido (Japan)?
Understanding events in relation to their time period.
What is historical context?
A trained warrior in service to a lord (Europe) or daimyo (Japan).
What is a knight or samurai?
Powerful landowners who controlled regions of Japan.
What are daimyo?
A series of wars fought over control of the Holy Land.
What are the Crusades?
One key difference: Europe was influenced by Christianity, while Japan was influenced by these belief systems.
What are Shinto and Buddhism?
Looking at similarities and differences between two societies.
What is compare and contrast?