Japan Quiz

What do you call a person who rules a country for someone who is unable to rule alone?

• prince

• queen

• shogun

• regent

What do you call the powerful lords and large landowners of Japan?

• daimyo

• courtier

• samurai

• regent

What is the name of the samurai code of rules?

• daimyo

• bushido

• seppuku

• shotoku

What geographical feature makes up most of Japan?

• mountains/volcanoes

• rivers

• plains

• desert

Where did the early Japanese get most of their food?

• forests

• desert

• volcanoes

• sea/ocean

Which of the following is NOT one of the four main islands of Japan?

• Hokkaido

• Honshu

• Kyoto

• Kyushu

What is the traditional/original religion of Japan?

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Confucianism

• Shinto

What are nature spirits called?

• kami

• akuma

• zen

• heian

Who wrote the world's first novel The Tale of Genji ?

• Mai Sakurajima

• Lady Murasaki Shikibu

• Sei Shonagon

• Princess Shotoku

The followers of which religion worship at a shrine?

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Shinto

• Christianity