Medieval Japan

What is the primary focus of Shintoism?

• Achieving spiritual enlightenment

• Gaining material wealth

• Honoring ancestors

• Connecting with nature

What is the traditional Japanese teaching that everything in nature contains?

• Kami

• Ancestors

• Shrines

• Festivals

Which religion was brought to Japan by Korean diplomats and was well established by the 600s CE?

• Shintoism

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

• Christianity

What is the importance of rituals in Shintoism?

• To achieve moral purity

• To develop discipline and cleanse and purify the world

• To follow a single god

• To worship the sun goddess Amaterasu

What is the belief system that teaches a way of living and behaving in Japan?

• Shintoism

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

• Christianity

What was history's first novel, published by a Japanese woman aristocrat.

• The tale of the Heike

• Akira

• The tale of Genji

• The complete if Haiku

Which is the lowest class in the Japanese feudal system?

• Shogun

• Ronin

• Artisans

• Merchants

Who were the large landowners of Japan?

• Artisans

• Shogun

• Daiymo

• Ronin

What type of social structure did Japan have?

• Oligarchy

• Feudalism

• Monarchy

• Democracy

During Japan's feudal period, the MAIN role of the samurai was to

• teach martial arts.

• offer prayers before battles.

• serve as advisors to the emperor.

• protect the daimyos and their lands