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Ancient Japan Section 1

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many islands is Japan made up of?

a)

more than 3,000

b)

4

c)

1

d)

Japan is not at island

2.

What are the names of main islands of Japan?

a)

Hokkaido

b)

Honshu

c)

Shikoku

d)

Nara

e)

Kyushu

3.

Most of Japan is covered in

a)

water

b)

desert

c)

mountains

4.

about 188 of Japan's mountains are also...

a)

volanoes

b)

temples

c)

tombs for dead emperors

5.

What percentage of Japan can be farmed?

a)

5%

b)

20%

c)

50%

d)

75%

6.

Where did most of the early Japanese people settle?

a)

in the mountains

b)

near the coast

c)

in forests

7.

What types of food did the EARLY settlers eat?

a)

fish and seafood

b)

rice

c)

millet

8.

What did Japan's location encourage people to do?

a)

move to another country

b)

farm

c)

be merchants and travel by boat from island to island

9.

When did the Yayoi people appear in Japan?

a)

30,000-10,000 BC

b)

300 AD

c)

500 AD

10.

What did the Yayoi people introduce to Japan?

a)

farming

b)

a new language

c)

basket weaving

11.

What were all the skills the Yayoi learned from the Chinese and Koreans?

a)

pottery

b)

growing rice in patties

c)

metal-working

d)

basket weaving

12.

What two things did the Yayoi use bells for?

a)

signal attacks

b)

religious rituals

c)

music

13.

What is a clan?

a)

a musical group

b)

a group or family related by blood or marriage

c)

a type of food found in the ocean

14.

Where did the Yayoi bury their chiefs?

a)

large mounds known as "kofuns"

b)

in pyramids

c)

the did not bury them

15.

When did the Yamoto come to Japan?

a)

30,000-10,000 BC

b)

A.D. 300

c)

A.D. 500

16.

Where did Yamoto chiefs claim they came from?

a)

Hades

b)

the sun goddess

c)

the line of an ancient Japanese Emperor

17.

What family was Prince Shotoku born into?

a)

Monobe

b)

Soga

c)

Suiko

18.

At what age did Prince Shotoku become emperor?

a)

15

b)

20

c)

40

d)

50

19.

What did Prince Shotoku want to do?

a)

hand his empire over to his son

b)

take over all of Asia

c)

create a strong government

20.

What country did Prince Shotoku look to as an example?

a)

China

b)

Russia

c)

Rome

21.

What did Prince Shotoku create?

a)

a strong army

b)

a new religion

c)

a constitution, or plan of government

22.

Where did Shotoku send his students to study?

a)

the universities

b)

China

c)

Korea

23.

What did Shotoku order to be built all throughout Japan

a)

Buddhist temples and monasteries

b)

schools

c)

homes for the poor

24.

What religion did Prince Shotoku study?

a)

Shintoism

b)

Taoism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Confucianism

25.

What is Shintoism?

a)

food

b)

festival

c)

religion

d)

language

26.

what is the believe that all things have their own spirit?

a)

reincarnation

b)

animism

c)

enlightenment

27.

To honor Kami, the Japanese worshipped at

a)

monestaries

b)

churches

c)

shrines

28.

What does the word "Shinto" mean?

a)

Kami

b)

the way of Buddha

c)

the way of the spirits

29.

The early people of Japan believed

a)

all natural things are alive (wind, mountains and rivers)

b)

in Buddhism

30.

Which of these artifacts from the ancient Japanese was a bronze bell?

a)
b)
c)
31.

Which of these artifacts from the ancient Japanese was made on a potters wheel?

a)
b)
c)
32.

Which of these is a symbol seen in Shintoism?

a)
b)
c)
33.

What is the name of a famous volcano in Japan?

a)

Mount Hernon

b)

Mount Yukido

c)

Mount Heien

d)

Mount Fuji