Chapter 6, Lesson 2: Early Japan

The seas around Japan _____ it from the rest of Asia.

• archipelago

• isolated

• confused

• joined

The four largest Japanese islands are Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and _____.

• Hokkaido

• Kamakura

• Kyoto

• Tokyo

Because of its _____, only a small amount of Japan can be farmed.

• rivers

• lack of irrigation

• poor soil

• mountains

The early Japanese built villages _____.

• near rivers and traded for food

• in the valleys and became shepherds

• along the coast and fished for food

• in the mountains and hunted for food

The Yayoi brought farming and Buddhism to Japan.

• TRUE

• FALSE

During the A.D. 500s, which clan became strong enough to rule most of Japan?

• Ninigi

• Silla

• Jimmu

• Yamato

The early Japanese believed that humans, animals, plants, and rocks, and rivers all have their own spirits.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Japanese belief in animism developed into a religion called _____.

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• kami

• Shinto

What did Prince Shotoku create to give Japan a strong, well-organized goverment?

• a constitution

• a dynasty

• a Buddhist temple

• art, philosophy, and medicine

During the Taika, or Great Change, Japan was _____.

• conquered by the Chinese

• divided into provinces, or regional districts

• used as a model for the Chinese government

• united with the Korean Peninsula