Ch. 15- Japan

Japanese people lived on coastal plains because most of Japan

• has mountainous slopes that are difficult to live on and farm.

• is desert.

• has volcanoes.

• has rivers and lakes that often cause floods.

Why was Japan isolated from Korea and China in ancient times?

• Trade between these nations was forbidden.

• Japan is separated by the Great Wall.

• Japan is thousands of miles away from Korea and China.

• Japan’s island location separated it from other people in Asia.

What did the Yamato rulers govern before they called themselves emperors of Japan?

• a clan

• a monsatery

• all of Japan

• a port city

Which of the following is a characteristic of Pure Land Buddhism?

• an elaborate tea ceremony

• raked gravel gardens

• daily communal rituals

• chanting Buddha’s name

How was the Buddhism of the Japanese nobles different from the Buddhism of the common people?

• The common people attended regular religious services.

• The nobles focused more on good behavior than on faith.

• Common people focused more on lengthy meditation sessions.

• Elaborate rituals were practiced by nobles but not by common people.

Zen Buddhists did not believe

• in self-discipline

• that faith leads to wisdom

• that wisdom can be found in quiet thinking

• in regular meditation

The main duty of a samurai warrior was to

• defend peasants from bandits or thieves.

• conquer distant lands for the Japanese emperor.

• defend his daimyo and his daimyo’s property.

• manage large tracts of land for the nobles in Heian.

Which list is in the order of most power to least power?

• samurai, shogun, daimyo, peasant

• shogun, samurai, daimyo, peasant

• samurai, shogun, peasant, daimyo

• shogun, daimyo, samurai, peasant

Losing a fight, disobeying an order, or failing to protect his lord were all ways in which a samurai could

• be expelled from his position.

• lose his honor.

• earn imprisonment.

• lose land.

What did the two Mongol attacks on Japan have in common?

• The Japanese had superior weapons in both attacks.

• The Japanese were helped by Korean allies in both attacks.

• The Japanese were aided by the weather in both attacks.

• The Japanese had bigger armies in both attacks.