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Japan Quiz Unit Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What percentage of the land in Japan can be used for agriculture?
a)
80%
b)
15%
c)
5%
d)
65%
2.
What is this called?
a)
Torri Gate
b)
Red Shrine
c)
Buddhist Shrine
d)
Japanese Gate
3.
What route did Buddhism take to reach Japan?
a)
China, Korea, India, Japan
b)
Korea, India, China, Japan
c)
India, China, Korea, Japan
d)
India, Korea, China, Japan
4.
In Buddhism, what is it called when a soul is reborn until it reaches enlightenment?
a)
rebirth
b)
reincarnation
c)
resurrection
d)
seppuku
5.
Which sentence below is an example of cultural diffusion?
a)
Warships and armies from Japan attacked Korea.
b)
Practices and beliefs spread from Korea to Japan.
c)
Written languages developed separately in Japan and Korea.
d)
Korea and Japan grew different crops because of different climates.
6.
Japan's government before the time of Prince Shotoku was?
a)
power was divided among the uji
b)
controlled by China
c)
a meritocracy
d)
had a bureaucracy of official
7.
After they learned about Chinese writing, what did the Japanese do?
a)
changed their grammar to be more like Chinese
b)
began speaking Chinese in everyday conversation
c)
invented a new set of characters based on objects in Japan
d)
used simplified Chinese characters for sounds in Japanese words
8.
In Heian Japan, what did the folds in a fan represent?
a)
a person's job
b)
a person's religion
c)
a person's rank
d)
a person's education
9.
The country that had the most impact on Japan's language, writing and government is?
a)
Korea
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Russia
10.
In the Heian period of Japan, which of the following groups had a great impact on the culture of Japan?
a)
farmers
b)
peasants
c)
emperors
d)
aristocrats
11.
Good manners were greatly valued by people during the Heian Period?
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Which of the following was one way the Fujiwara family held political power?
a)
by acting as advisors to the emperor
b)
by taking over the position of emperor
c)
by getting support from unhappy peasants
d)
by gaining a monopoly on the international trade
13.
The goal of this Japanese game is to balance as many stones on one finger as possible?
a)
Kemari
b)
Bagaku
c)
Sumo
d)
Rango
14.
The most famous writers during the Heian period were?
a)
Men
b)
Children
c)
Women
d)
Priests 
15.
What makes the "Tale of Genji," such an important book in history?
a)
It's about a prince
b)
It's considered the world's first novel
c)
It tells about life in China
d)
It's about a group of farmers