Ancient Japan

At its widest point, Japan is about this many miles wide (excluding peninsulas).

• 10 miles

• 150 miles

• 500 miles

• 1,500 miles

How many years did civil war last in Japan before Minamoto Yoritomo took control?

• 10 years

• 7 years

• 2 years

• 5 years

A tanka poem has 31 syllables divided into lines of this many syllables.

• 5, 5, 5, 7, and 7

• 5, 7, 5, and 7

• 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7

After the influence from the mainland, Japanese sculptors preferred to work with this material.

• steel

• bronze

• wood

• iron

In India, Buddhist monasteries had shrines with bell-shaped roofs called this.

• pagoda

• temples

• stupas

True or False:

The Japanese mouth organ instrument is called a sheng.

• True

• False

What are the TWO ancient cities in Japan?

• Korea and Kyoto

• Kyoto and Chang'an

• Chang'an and Nara

• Nara and Kyoto

This person ruled despite having never held a government position.

• Minamoto Yoritomo

• Emperor Meiji

• Daimyo Tokugawa Ieyasu

• Fujiwara Michinaga

Who encouraged an interest in Korean and Chinese cultures which blended into a unique Japanese culture?

• Fujiwara Michinaga

• Empress Suiko

• Prince Shotoku

• Minamoto Yoritomo

This was the main crop when Empress Suiko and Prince Shotoku began their rule.

• clay

• silk

• gold

• rice