Japan

Decorative handwriting often used in Japan is called

• Finger painting
• Moveable type
• Katakana
• Calligraphy

How did Japan’s geography influence the country?

• It made them an easy target for barbarians to attack
• It allowed them to be isolated from other civilizations
• It helped their ideas and beliefs spread throughout the world
• It allowed them to have many farms and grow many different types of food

Before being introduced to outside ideas, Japan practiced the religion of

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Shintoism
• Taoism

The martial arts in Japan was a way for the Japanese to learn to control their bodies and movements.  It is often practiced by followers of

• Kung Fucianism
• Ying Yang Daoism
• Bushido Buddhism
• Zen Buddhism

Samurai follow a code of honor called

• Kamikaze
• Bushido
• Sidoku
• Hiragana

In Shintoism, Japanese worship spirits of their ancestors found in

• nature
• animals
• other people
• statues

The spirits of Japanese ancestors are called

• Zen
• Kami
• Mimi
• Souls

This image shows

• A Shinto shrine
• a Buddhist Temple
• A Samurai
• Origami

The warrior class in Japan was called

• ninja
• daimyo
• samurai
• shogun

Which two important beliefs influenced art in ancient Japan?

• Shinto and Zen Buddhism
• Shinto and Confucianism
• Hinduism and Confucianism
• Confucianism and Zen Buddhism