Samurai and Shogun

8.3: Feudalism in Japan

Social Structure of Japan: How their society was organized

Multiple Choice

REVIEW: Japan is an ________________________, which is a group of islands.

• archipelago

• peninsula

• watershed

• fief

Poll

Which would you prefer to visit in Asia?

• China

• India

• Japan

• Korea

Multiple Choice

What is feudalism?

• A social structure or how a society is organized.

• Where people are elected to power

• Where everybody has the same amount of power

• Where peasants work as warriors

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order of Medieval Japan's social structure?

• Emperor, Shogun/ Daiymo, Samurai, Peasants, Merchants

• Emperor, Daiymo/ Shogun, Samurai, Merchants, Peasants

• Shogun/Daiymo, Emperor, Samurai, Peasants, Merchants

• Shogun/Daimyo, Samurai, Emperor, Peasants, Merchants

Multiple Choice

Which members of the social hierarchy were considered members of the warrior class in Feudal Japan?

• Shoguns

• Artisans

• Daimyos

• Samurais

Multiple Choice

Which members of the feudal system owned most of the land in Feudal Japan?

• Samurai

• Shoguns

• Daimyos

• Artisans

Multiple Choice

As you travel UP the social pyramid, what does NOT INCREASE?

• population size

• wealth

• power

Multiple Choice

I am powerful. I have my own capital city. I am in charge of Japan's military. Who am I?

• Shogun

• Samurai

• Artisan

• Merchant

Multiple Choice

Why was the Emperor often described as a "figurehead" in Japanese Feudalism?

• The Emperor was at the top of the social pyramid and held all the power

• The Emperor technically owned all of the land in Japan

• The Emperor had few real powers in Japan

• The Emperor had complete control of the military

Multiple Choice

In feudal Japan, who was at the top of the social structure, but in reality had little power?

• Daimyo
• Emperor
• Farmers
• Shoguns

Multiple Choice

Samurai were hired to...

• fight to the emperor

• defend landowners and their prorperty

• to farm on his master's land

Multiple Choice

Which city was built by emperors as the capital of Japan in the AD 700s?

• Heian

• Kamakura

• Nara

• Kyoto

Multiple Choice

In AD 794, Emperor Kammu began building a new capital for Japan. What is the name of this new city?

• Heian

• Kamakura

• Nara

• Kyoto

Multiple Choice

Which capital was the center and headquarters for the shogun?

• Heian

• Kamakura

• Nara

• Kyoto

Multiple Choice

During the AD 800s, there were some weak emperors because they came to power as children. Court officials had to govern for them. What were these officials called?

• regents

• daimyo

• shogun

• samurai

Multiple Choice

In AD 1192, the emperor gave this title to the commander of all of the emperor's military forces.

• regents

• daimyo

• shogun

• samurai

Multiple Choice

These are military lords who controlled a small territory of Japan.

• regents

• daimyo

• shogun

• samurai

Multiple Choice

warriors who fought in the private armies of nobles

• regents

• daimyo

• shogun

• samurai

Multiple Choice

samurai, who gave an oath to a vassal and promised to serve a daimyo in times of war

• serfs

• lords

• vassals

• shugos

Multiple Choice

The emperor's power came from his control of the land and its crops. To measure Japan's wealth, the government carried out a . . .

• civil service test

• census

• estimation

• censorship