Japan History

Who wrote The Pillow Book?

• Lady Murasaki

• Prince Shotoku

• Tokugawa Leyasu

• Sei Shonagon

What were some of the reasons we remember Prince Shotoku?

• He taught Confucian values.

• He was a Buddhist monk.

• He was a Samurai Warrior

• All of the above

Which of the following were things that the Japanese learned from the Chinese and the Koreans?

• A written language.

• The form of government.

• The spoken language.

• All of the above.

What is Shinto?

• A religion the Japanese imported from China.

• The religion that worship the Buddha.

• The traditional religion of Japan.

• The traditional religion of Korea.

Who were the Ainu People?

• They spoke a dialect of Hebrew

• They came from Siberia

• They formed the warrior class in Japanese culture.

• All of the above.

How did the geography of Japan influenced the way that people lived?

• The Japanese ate lots of fish.

• They build buildings to resist earthquakes.

• Their culture was isolated for hundreds of years.

• All of the above

Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu?

• Unified all of Japan.

• Ruled from the capital at Edo.

• Began the Tokugawa Shogunate

• All of the above

What was "bushido"?

• The Emperor's advisory group

• Traditional Japanese religion

• The warrior code

• The principals of Japanese manufacturing

Which of the following best describes the Shoguns?

• Business executives

• Powerful military leaders

• The navigators on ocean liners

• All of the above

Who were the Samurai?

• Warriors

• Peasants

• Daimyo

• Shoguns