Ancient Japan

What kept the Mongol leader Kublai Khan from being successful in invading Japan?

• highly trained samurai
• lack of supplies
• powerful storms
• deadly diseases

Prince Shotoku, an important ruler in ancient Japan, helped shape his country's culture because he brought educators from China to teach his people about medicine, geography, and

• farming
• gorvernment
• poetry
• astronomy

The ancient Japanese cultural group called the Yayoi built burial mounds filled with armor, weapons and pottery in a manner similar to the

• Chinese
• Egyptians
• Spaniards
• Mayans

What is NOT one of the reasons that farming is difficult in Japan?

• volcanoes
• harsh desert sun
• typhoons
• earthquakes

How is Japanese writing different from Chinese writing?

• Japanese characters stand for sounds.
• The Japanese characters represent whole words.
• The Chinese do not use picture writing.
• The Chinese do not have a writing system.

What does the word samurai mean?

• to serve
• to protect
• to honor
• to fight

The samurai were warriors that protected the Japanese nobles in the same manner that knights did in what country? 

• China
• Egypt
• Europe
• India

What does NOT describe the Shintoism religion? 

• kami, or spirits cannot help people
• the oldest religion of Japan
• believe all things in nature have spirits
• honors with shrines and offerings

 What is the art of paper folding called for which the Japanese people are famous? 

• haiku
• sumo
• origami
• samurai

Japan’s first emperor, Jimmu, called himself what? 

• Emperor of Japan
• Emperor of Heaven
• Emperor of Shinto
• Emperor of All