Feudal Japan

Which statement best describes Japan’s physical location?

• A chain of islands off Korea and China

• A landlocked nation in central Asia

• A peninsula between India and Arabia

• An island in the middle of the Atlantic

What landform covers much of Japan and affects where people can farm?

• Mountains covering large areas

• Wide deserts with little rain

• High plateaus with rich soil

• Flat plains across most regions

Because Japan has limited flat farmland, which activity would most likely become important for getting food?

• Fishing along the surrounding seas

• Herding camels across deserts

• Mining coal from inland basins

• Trading timber from rainforests

Japan’s proximity to Korea and China most likely led to which outcome?

• Cultural exchange and shared ideas

• Complete isolation from neighbors

• Union into a single large country

• Relocation to the Mediterranean

What best describes Japan’s political organization before the year 400 CE?

• A single unified empire under one ruler

• Hundreds of regional family clans held power

• Small foreign colonies governed the islands

• City-states ruled by elected councils

How did Japan’s island location affect its security in early history?

• It encouraged frequent land invasions by China

• It provided natural barriers against outside invasions

• It forced Japan to build many border walls

• It made travel so easy that wars were constant

Who were the daimyos in feudal Japan?

• strong warlords

• warriors paid/traded to protect the poor

• the peasants

• merchants

Which statement best explains the relationship between isolation and culture in early Japan?

• Isolation stopped all outside influence completely

• Isolation helped unique beliefs like Shinto develop

• Isolation led Japan to copy Chinese religion entirely

• Isolation made clans unite into a single empire early

A leader of one clan wants to increase power around 300 CE. Which strategy fits the political realities of that time?

• Negotiate alliances with nearby family clans

• Request laws from a strong national parliament

• Build forts on a shared border with China

• Elect an emperor by vote of all citizens

Which statement best describes Shinto as a religion?

• It is polytheistic with respect for nature and ancestors

• It is monotheistic focused on one creator and prophet

• It rejects rituals while emphasizing written scriptures

• It centers on salvation through missionary conversion