Feudal Japan - Pretest

The Japanese feudal system was most influenced by which belief system?

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Shinto

• Buddhism

What role did emperors play in the Japanese feudal system?

• They received the most respect but did not have armies.

• They had the most real power but could not make laws.

• They were protected by samurai but only in exchange for rice.

• They were religious leaders but did not have any political power.

What was one of Japan's major achievements?

• Creating some of the earliest works of prose literature

• Giving peasants the right to vote for their leaders

• Building a social system that did not allow violence

• Uniting all of Japan under the rule of one daimyo

• Developed new Buddhist traditions

• Conquered China and Korea

• Set up a democratic government

• Invented gunpowder weapons

How did Prince Shotoku influence the development of Buddhism in Japan?

• He wrote a constitution asking Japanese people to practice Buddhism.

• He stopped the spread of Buddhism by defeating the Nakatomi clan.

• He mixed Buddhism with Japanese Shinto beliefs for the first time.

• He forced all Chinese and Korean Buddhists to leave Japan.