7th Grade World History Semester 2 Review

Land surrounded by water.  Japan is comprised of many of these. 

• archipelagos
• atolls
• islands
• isthmus

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

What religion spread to Japan from China?

• Confucianism
• Buddhism
• Islam
• Taoism

The warrior class in Japan was called

• ninja
• daimyo
• samurai
• shogun

The highest ranking member of Japanese feudal society was the 

• Emperor
• Shogun
• Daimyo
• Samurai

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What was the main obligation of a samurai?

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

People who follow Shinto believe

• in one god

• everything in nature has a spirit

• in Buddhism

• they should follow a vegetarian lifestyle

Many ancient Japanese followed the teachings of these two religions:

• Christianity and Buddhism
• Buddhism and Shintoism
• Hinduism and Shintoism
• Shintoism and Islam

This image shows

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