Japan 2020-2021

What was the main duty of a samurai?

• defend the peasants

• conquer lands

• defend the daimyo

• manage the land

The highest ranking military leader of Japanese feudal society was the

• Emperor

• Shogun

• Daimyo

• Samurai

What are two geographic terms to describe Japan?

• Mountains and deserts

• Archipelago and Volcanoes

• Peninsula and Rivers

• Volcanoes and Plateau

Which members of the social hierarchy were considered to be the least important people in Feudal Japan? 

• Merchants
• Artisans 
• Peasants
• Farmers 

Which person had very little power in feudal Japan and was more of a figurehead

• Women

• farmers

• shoguns

• emperor

People who follow Shinto believe

• in one god

• everything in nature has a spirit

• in Buddhism

• they should follow a vegetarian lifestyle

Prince Shotoku looked to this country as an example of centralized government and a constitution

• China

• Egypt

• Italy

• Korea

Lady Murasaki Shikibu wrote the world's first novel titled,

• The Tale of Genji

• The Tale of Heike

• A Shogun Tale

• Samurai Warrior

What is bushido?

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

A short, three lined poem of 17 syllables created by the Japanese

• haiku

• samurai

• shogun

• daimyo