Medieval Europe and Japan

Which of the religions below is indigenous (native) to Japan?

• Buddhism

• Shinto

• Confucianism

• Hinduism

Medieval Japan was based upon the feudal system, where weaker territorial lords owed their loyalty to stronger ones. All power was held by military leaders known as

• emperor

• shoguns

• knights

• samurai

What is bushido?

• Samurai code of rules 
• Shinto's religious leader
• Another name for the emperor
• type of government with social classes

What is the samurai ritual of suicide, where the samurai cuts open his stomach with his katana? 

• Bushido
• Feudalism
• Seppuku
• Hiroshima

What is the system of government where there is an exchange of land for military service called?

• feudal
• Shinto
• bushido
• monarchy

What was a major effect of Japan's island location?

• It had all of the resources it needed to become a farming civilization.

• It was invaded by China.

• It was an island that formed its own culture, but also copied other nearby countries ideas.

• It dominated trade in the Pacific Ocean.

Which of the following lists is in order from most powerful to least powerful?

• samurai, shogun, daimyo, peasant

• samurai, shogun, peasant, daimyo

• shogun, samurai, daimyo, peasant

• shogun, daimyo, samurai, peasant

Similar to Medieval China, why were merchants on the bottom of the Japanese social hierarchy?

• they were considered to be untouchable

• they did not produce anything on their own

• they only worked with the Samurai

• they were the servants of the Emperor

Powerful military lords who controlled small territories in Japan

• daimyo
• shoguns
• samurai
• emperior

Group of families related by blood or marriage:

• Clan
• Blue
• Sect
• Shrine