Japan Quiz

Japan's history was dictated by its________________ as a nation of islands.

• religion
• popularity
• isolation

Japan is most influenced by this other culture

• French
• Chinese
• Peruvian

Early contact with ___________ convinced the Japanese they should remain isolated.

• Europeans
• Africans
• South Americans

_________________ and Buddhism are Japan's two main religions.

• Christianity
• Shintoism
• Islam

Japan only has a small amount of land that can be used for this

• roads
• climbing
• farming

A shogun is a 

• military dictator
• farmer
• kind of merchant

This is a type of Japanese poem where the first and last lines have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables

• sepoy
• zulu
• haiku

These are wealthy, private landowners to whom the samurai pledge allegiance

• emperors
• merchants
• daimyo

In spite of many wars and struggles over land, Japan's economy

• declined
• grew
• stayed the same

Japan is unique in that this group of people are at the bottom of the social hierarch

• peasants
• samurai
• merchants