Japan Quiz 1

What makes Japan's location unique?

• it is part of Asia

• it is a chain of islands

• it is in the Pacific Ocean

• it is near China

Which is NOT a neighbor that influenced Japan's development?

• China

• Korea

• India

• Russia

What did the Japanese believe in BEFORE Buddhism?

• Shinto

• Islam

• Christianity

• all of the above

How was Japan's government influenced by China?

• they forced people to follow Confucianism

• they created a Constitution

• Japan made a Constitution based on Confucian ideas

• none of the above

What is cultural borrowing?

• borrowing an idea for a week

• taking someone's spices for your recipes

• sharing ideas through travel, trade or war

• blending one idea from your culture with another idea from a different culture

Which idea is the writing system created based on Chinese ideas?

• kana

• kami

• shinto

• kanji

How did China and Korea influence art in Japan?

• with statues of Buddha

• Buddhist temples and buildings

• sculptures and style of artwork influenced by Buddhism

• all of the above

Daimyo were

• all the rich people

• landowners in Japan

• samurai

• farmers

Why did China and Korea influence Japan so much?

• they were close to each other

• Prince Shotoku liked their ideas

• Japan interacted with them a lot

• all of the above

Which is NOT an example of cultural borrowing from China and Korea to Japan?

• kanji characters turned into new style of kana writing

• Shinto blending with Buddhism

• shiruken stars are invented by ninja

• Confucian ideas mixed into 17 Article Constitution