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

• mountains

  
  

• lack of irrigation

• 
  

  poor soil

• rivers

  
  

The early Japanese built villages ____.

• along the coast and fished for food

  
  

• in the valleys and became shepherds

  
  

• 
  near rivers and traded 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?

• Jimmu

  
  

• 
  

  Yamato

• Silla

  
  

• Ninigi

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

• true

• false

Japanese belief in animism developed into a religion called ____.

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

  
  

• kami

• Shinto

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

• art, philosophy, and medicine

• 
  

  a dynasty

  
  

• a Buddhist temple

• a constitution

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

• 
  

  conquered by the Chinese

• divided into provinces, or regional districts

  
  

• 
  

  united with the Korean Peninsula​

  
  

• used as a model for the Chinese government

During the Nara period, Japanese emperors did away with the practice of using examinations to hire officials.

• true

• false

Buddhist teachings became powerful in Japan during ____.

• the years of the Yayoi settlers

  
  

• 
  

  the Nara Period

• 
  

  the rule of the Yamato clan

  
  

• the reign of Prince Shotoku