Feudal Japan Review

Which group on the social hierarcy was considered to have the lowest rank in Japanese society?

• Daimyo

• Merchants

• Farmers

• Samurai

The landowners, called __________, decided to protect their own land by hiring _________, professional warriors.

• court nobles, daimyo

• daimyo, peasants

• daimyo, samurai

• court nobles, samurai

Which social group was the largest, making up 80% of the population?

• Court Nobles

• Daimyo

• Peasants, artisans, and merchants

• Samurai

This is the code samurai warriors followed

• Hammurabi Code

• Bushido Code

• Seppuku Code

• Yamato Code

The samurai constituted the governing class. For the most part, they were compelled to withdraw from the countryside to the castle town, where they lived in segregated residential quarters. They retained the right to bear arms, something denied the other classes. The populace had been disarmed, settling one of the principal conflicts of the “country at war.” So the samurai held the monopoly on inflicting violence. Here Hideyoshi laid down the design plan for the rigid class system that matured under his successor regime, the Tokugawa shogunate, and lasted until that regime’s fall in 1868. What was the main reason for implementing the system described in this passage?

• to welcome outsiders

• to allow social mobility

• to promote cultural exchange

• to establish power and authority

These were trained warriors who served their lords in Japan.

• Emperors

• Shoguns

• Daimyo

• Samurai

Compare the roles of a daimyo and a samurai in the feudal system of Japan.

• Both were responsible for farming

• Daimyo were landowners, while samurai served as warriors

• Both were religious leaders

• Samurai were landowners, while daimyo served as warriors

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Place the terms in the correct place on the social pyramid for Japanese Feudalism.

a

b

c

d

e

Peasants

Emperor

Samurai

Shogun

Daimyo

What role did the Daimyo play in the Japanese feudal system?

• They served as religious leaders.

• They were peasant farmers.

• They were local lords who controlled land.

• They were responsible for education.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Discuss the strategic importance of castles in the feudal system of Japan.

• They were used primarily for religious ceremonies

• They served as centers of administration and defense

• They were only built for aesthetic purposes

• They were used as marketplaces

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking