Japan Review

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the most common geographic feature in Japan is...

• oceans

• rivers

• mountains

• coastal plains

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Japan is a...

• continent

• penninsula

• feudalism

• a set of islands, or archipelago

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What is the name of the traditional Japanese religion?

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Buddhism

• Shintoism

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What are two beliefs of Shintoism?

• dharma

• respect of nature and its spirits (kami)

• peace/harmony

• belief in one god

• karma

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This religion spread from China to Japan

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Shintoism

• Judaism

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What type of Buddhism emphasized mediation and became popular with the elite and Samurai?

• Zen Buddhism

• Theravada Buddhism

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Murasaki Shikibu wrote the first novel. What is the name of her book?

• The Travels of Marco Polo

• The Tale of Genji

• The Travels of Ibn Battuta

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Feudalism is...

• electing officials to important government jobs

• the exchange of land for labor and loyalty

• how much money someone has

• a traditional religion

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Definition:
A social and political system that provided protection through a stable social pyramid.

• feudalism
• aristocracy
• democracy
• meritocracy

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What is feudalism?

• A system where lords allow people to work on their land in exchange for service
• Where people are elected to power
• Where everybody has the same amount of power
• Where peasants work as warriors

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The figurehead of Japanese feudal society was the 

• Emperor
• Shogun
• Daimyo
• Samurai

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After the 1100s, the _ had the most power

• daimyo

• emperor

• shogun

• samurai

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Shogun were...

• military leaders

• warriors

• landowners

• farmers

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Daimyo were...

• Land owners, nobles

• warriors

• farmers

• military leaders

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Bushido code...

• was the military leader of Japan

• the moral code of honor for samurai

• number of people per square mile

• a warrior

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Samurai were...

• Military leaders

• warriors

• landowners

• farmers

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Most people in Japan were

• Peasants who farmed on nobles lands

• Merchants in maritime trade

• Craftspeople working for the emperor

• Samurai in service to a daiymo