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Medievil Japan Vocabulary

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

belief that all natural things are alive and have their own spirit

a)

Animism

b)

shrine

c)

samurai

2.

Which two of these are not true?

a)

shogun - military general over a large area of feudal Japan

b)

tanka - Japan’s oldest form of poetry; an unrhymed poem of 5 lines

c)

samurai- holy place

d)

daimyo - powerful military lord over small territories in feudal Japan

e)

calligraphy– spirit worship

3.

Is this statement true or false?

feudalism - political system based on bonds of loyalty between lords and vassals,vassals have sworn loyalty to the lord; nobles governed and protected people in return for service

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Neither

d)

All of the above

4.

Vassal

a)

in feudalism, a noble who held land from and served a higher-ranking lord, and in return was given protection

b)

- beautiful handwriting

c)

type of ceramic ware that is made of fine clay and baked at high temperatures

d)

- religion that teaches that people can find inner peace through self-control

5.

What is calligraphy?

a)

Beautiful handwriting

b)

spirit worship

c)

art of folding paper

d)

The Nature spirits in Shintoism

6.

Is this a true statement?

lacquer -art of folding paper

a)

No lacquer is a shiny black and red coating on wooden items

b)

No lacquer is beautiful handwriting

c)

yes, because you can see cool animal foldings at the museum and they are called lacquers

d)

yes, because its yes

7.

Zen Buddhism - religion that teaches that people can find inner peace through self-control

Is this a true statement?

a)

yes

b)

no

8.

Which of these statements is false?

Shinto – spirit worship


Origami – art of folding paper


Porcelain – type of ceramic ware that is made of fine clay and baked at high temperatures


Martial arts - beautiful handwriting

a)

Origami because origami is the art of painting

b)

Porcelain because porcelain is a type of ceramic ware that is made of fine clay baked at high temperatures.

c)

shinto because shinto is religion that teaches that people can find inner peace through self-control

d)

martial arts because martial arts is sports, such as judo and karate, that involve combat and self-defense

9.

Which statement is true?

a)

Kami - The Nature spirits in Shintoism

b)

Emperor - The line of rulers during Medieval Japan that didn’t hold any real power.

c)

All of the above