Practice Quiz 14-1

Yamato leader who took the title “emperor of heaven”

• animism
• clan
• Jimmu
• constitution
• shrine

a holy place

• animism
• clan
• Jimmu
• constitution
• shrine

the belief that all things have a spirit

• animism
• clan
• Jimmu
• constitution
• shrine

a group of families related by blood or marriage

• animism
• clan
• Jimmu
• constitution
• shrine

a plan of government

• animism
• clan
• Jimmu
• constitution
• shrine

Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and are the four largest Japanese islands.

• Hokkaido
• Tokyo
• Kamakura
• Kyoto

The Yayoi, ancestors of the Japanese, buried their chiefs in kofun, or

• ceremonial boats
• sacred coffins
• large mounds of dirt
• ziggurats

Which group of early settlers made pottery and lived from fishing?

• the Yayoi
• the Koreans
• the Yamoto
• the Jomon

Prince Shotoku looked to this country as an example of successful government.

• China
• Korea
• Italy
• Egypt

Early beliefs developed into the religion of Shinto, which means

• the right way
• the honorable way
• way of the spirits
• good harvest