Japan Review

What is the traditional religion of Japan that focuses on nature spirits?

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Animism

• Shinto

What do the Japanese call the nature spirits they worship in Shintoism?

• Angels

• Kami

• Gods

• Ancestors

What religion came to Japan from China and Korea?

• Islam

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Shintoism

What language did the Japanese use to write before creating a system of characters for the Japanese language?

• Korean

• Mongolian

• Italian

• Chinese

Who created the Seventeen Articles Constitution and brought in Confucian ideas from China?

• Empress Wu

• Prince Shotoku

• Lady Murasaki Shikibu

• Tokugawa Leyasu

Which period of Japanese history saw a growth in art and literature and a development of a true Japanese culture?

• Nara Period

• Yuan Dynasty

• Ming Dynasty

• Heian Period

What system developed in Japan due to the constant warfare of the nobles over land?

• Dictatorship

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Feudalism

Who ranked below the Emperor but actually ruled Japan instead of the Emperor?

• Samurai

• Daimyo

• Peasants

• Shogun

Who were the landowners that hired samurai to protect their lands?

• Daimyo

• Shogun

• Peasants

• Monks

What was the code of rules that samurai lived by?

• Shinto

• Buddhism

• Bushido

• Hinduism