Ancient Japan Quiz

What is the traditional native religion of Japan?

• Islam
• Confucian
• Christianity
• Shinto

In Shinto, what do you call the gods or spirits that exist in both living and non-living things

• Nara
• Kami
• Bushido
• Spirits

Which of the following is a factor that Shinto and Buddhism have in common?

• Concern for the afterlife
• An optimism about human nature
• Share the same founder
• strict formal training

Early Japanese beliefs developed into the religion of Shinto which means

• the way of the spirits
• the right way 
• the only way 
• the honorable way

Most Japanese people believed that Buddhism

• helped them in daily life
• was the one true religion
• should not be tolerated in Japan
• prepared them for the afterlife

Nara was abandoned in A.D. 770 as a result of with of the following?

• showcase the emperor’s growing wealth and power
• attempted overthrow of the emperor by a Buddhist monk
• plan to divide Japan into separate districts
• The devastation of the city by a major earthquake

In the year 710, the first permanent Japanese capital was established in 

• Edo 
• Nara
• Heian-Kyo
• Fuji

How did the Japanese hire officials during the Nara period?   

• People voted for the officials
• Only Buddhist monks could be officials
• Emperor gave positions to nobles from powerful families
• They had to pass the civil service exam

What would be the best title for the following chart?

• The Golden Age of the Heian Period
• The Golden Age of the Tang Dynasty
• The Dark Ages of Japanese Culture
• The Bronze Age of the Nara Period

In the years from 1000 to 1200, what political system developed in Japan?

• Nation-states
• Feudalism
• Deomcracy
• Zen