Japan

What was the main obligation of a samurai?

• defend the peasants
• conquer lands
• defend the daimyo
• manage the land

The highest ranking member of Japanese feudal society was the 

• Emperor
• Shogun
• Daimyo
• Samurai

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What are two geographic features of Japan?

• Mountains and deserts
• Mountains and volcanoes
• Rivers and lakes
• Rivers and plains

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

When Japan closed their ports and refused to interact with other countries, this is known as

• Segregation

• Isolationism

• Militarism

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 this book

• 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