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WorksheetsAncient Japan Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is an Archipelago?
a)
A chain of bones
b)
A chain
c)
A chain of islands
d)
2 Chains
2.
What is a Samurai?
a)
A member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan. They lived under a strict code of loyalty
b)
A ninja
c)
A sandwich
d)
any of a number of standing poses in yoga in which the legs are held apart and the arms are stretched outwards.
3.
The Japanese art of folding paper into decorative shapes and figures.
a)
Paper Airplane
b)
Fortune Tellers
c)
Origami
d)
Tofu
4.
The dominant social system in medieval Europe.
a)
Democracy
b)
FuedalishamSham
c)
Fuedalism
d)
Rice
5.
What is the traditional native religion of Japan?
a)
Islam
b)
Confucian
c)
Christianity
d)
Shinto
6.
In Shinto, what do you call the gods or spirits that exist in both living and non-living things
a)
Nara
b)
Kami
c)
Bushido
d)
Spirits
7.
Early Japanese beliefs developed into the religion of Shinto which means
a)
the way of the spirits
b)
the right way
c)
the only way
d)
the honorable way
8.
Most Japanese people believed that Buddhism
a)
helped them in daily life
b)
was the one true religion
c)
should not be tolerated in Japan
d)
prepared them for the afterlife
9.
In the years from 1000 to 1200, what political system developed in Japan?
a)
Nation-states
b)
Feudalism
c)
Deomcracy
d)
Zen
10.
Who is being described?
a)
the Daimyo
b)
the Samurai
c)
the Emperor
d)
the Shogun
11.
The samurai lived by a strict code of honor known as
a)
Chivalry
b)
Zen
c)
Bushido
d)
Shinto
12.
Why was it so easy for the Japanese feudal system to develop and have more power than the emperor?
a)
emperor had little interest in ruling the people
b)
shoguns became more powerful as each province was left to provide their own armies
c)
Emperors became more powerful as they forced peasants into military service
d)
The peasants wanted someone to rule over them
13.
A group of islands is called a/an
a)
peninsula
b)
archipelago
c)
oceanic plate
d)
ring of fire
14.
A military leader in Japan is called a what?
a)
samurai
b)
knight
c)
shogun
d)
ninja
15.
What is the art of paper folding called for which the Japanese people are famous?
a)
haiku
b)
sumo
c)
origami
d)
samurai
16.
What does the word samurai mean?
a)
to serve
b)
to protect
c)
to honor
d)
to fight
17.
How is Japanese writing different from Chinese writing?
a)
Japanese characters stand for sounds.
b)
The Japanese characters represent whole words.
c)
The Chinese do not use picture writing.
d)
The Chinese do not have a writing system.
18.
What is NOT one of the reasons that farming is difficult in Japan?
a)
volcanoes
b)
harsh desert sun
c)
typhoons
d)
earthquakes
19.
What kept the Mongol leader Kublai Khan from being successful in invading Japan?
a)
highly trained samurai
b)
lack of supplies
c)
powerful storms
d)
deadly diseases
20.
What are feudal lords of Japan who pledged loyalty to the Shogun?
a)
Daimyo
b)
Shogun
c)
Emperor
d)
Monarchy
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