Week of 10/22 – 10/26DATE HOMEWORK

10/22 Extra Credit – due Friday 10/23 Advance Organizer pages 198-203 due Friday

Extra Credit – due Friday

10/24 Advance Organizer pages 198-203 due Friday Finish Four SquareExtra Credit – due Friday

10/25 Advance Organizer pages 198-203 due FridayWrite Cornell Notes Question and Summary Extra Credit – due Friday

10/26 Advance Organizer pages 198-203 due Friday VOCABULARY QUIZ

Bell work #1 10/23/12

• The Tang dynasty gave civil service _____________ in order to recruit ___________ _____________.

• In the eastern Roman empire culture was different because people spoke _________ instead of __________.

Japan Vocabulary

Japan Vocabulary1. Clan – Extended families in Japan, live in

villages, ruled by a chief.

Clans ruled villages in early Japan. The head of a clan was a chief. Farmers and workers in villages had to respect and obey members of the clans.

2. Shinto –traditional religion of Japan. Everything in nature has a spirit (kami). The Japanese believed that some kami help people live and keep them from harm. Shrines were built to honor kami. Kami can refer to both nature spirits and to gods.

3. Prince Shotoku- ruler of Japan; sent scholars to China to learn about Confucianism; Spread Buddhism through Japan.

Confucianism is good! It teaches people how to behave. Children, obey your parents. Younger siblings, obey older siblings.

4. Zen – a popular, new form of Buddhism. Wisdom comes from discipline and meditation.

Zen Buddhism became very popular with warriors, who practiced meditation and self-discipline.

5. Shogun – a general who ruled Japan in the emperor’s name. The emperor was a “figurehead” with no real power the Shogun held all the power

The word “Shogun” comes from the Japanese word “seii taishogun” which means “great general who subdues eastern barbarians”

6. Daimyo – Japan’s large landowners; control large areas of Japan. Daimyo are also called lords, which mean they have power and authority.

7. Samurai – trained warriors hired by daimyo to protect their land. Each samurai served one specific daimyo

8. Bushido – Samurai code of rules. “The way of the warrior”. Samurai live & die by these rules: honor, respect, loyalty.

9. Tokugawa Ieyasu – Shogun of Japan whose family ruled Japan from 1603-1868. During this time Japan isolated itself from the rest of the world and banned guns.

10. Isolationism – A time when Japan closed its doors to the outside world. Banned guns. This extended the samurai period until the 1800’s.

NO GUNS ALLOWED