Japan Before Modern Times

Which of the following statements about Prince Shotoku's Constitution of Seventeen Articles is true? (552)

• The Constitution explained Confucianism
• The Constitution set laws for tax collecting
• The Consitution promoted local government
• The Constitution was influenced by Buddhism

Before he became Japan's first shogun, which clan did Minamoto Yoritomo have to defeat? (556)

• Taira
• Daimyo
• Fujiwara
• Tokugawa

What did peasants give their daimyo in return for the protection his samurai offered? (557)

• promise to fight enemies
• labor and crops
• manufactured goods
• loyalty to the emperor

Which of the following groups would most likely attend a Kabuki performance?

• nobles
• farmers
• court officials
• samurai

What common factor united people in a specific clan in early Japan? (550)

• religion
• ethnicity
• ancestry
• farming methods

What change had happened in Japan by the early 700s? (553)

• Some clans had united to overthrow Prince Shotoku
• All clans had become more powerful as ruling bodies
• The clans had identified one common kami
• Some clans had lost some of their power to the emperor

How did Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu treat the daimyo similarly? (560)

• they both banished the daimyo from Japan
• They both asked the daimyo to get rid of their samurai
• they both forced the daimyo to pledge loyalty to them
• they both commanded the daimyo to leave their families

What was a core value in Japanese families? (565)

• loyalty
• ambition
• pride
• bravery

Which of the following is the traditional religion of Japan?

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Christianity
• Shinto

Why does so much of the Japanese diet come from the ocean?

• Because farmers expor their crops to other countries
• Because the Japanese people prefer fish over all other food
• Because the government only allows a certain number of farms
• Because there is limited land for growing crops