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WorksheetsJapanese Quiz
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why could most of Japan not be farmed?
a)
Too wet
b)
No good soil
c)
Too mountainous
d)
Too dry
2.
What did the seas do to Japan?
a)
Protect
b)
Isolate
c)
Both A and B
d)
None of the Above
3.
What was the first and only Dynasty of Japan?
a)
Qing
b)
Yamato
c)
Suzuki
d)
Yamaha
4.
What language is Japanese most closely related to?
a)
Thai
b)
Chinese
c)
Yo
d)
Korean
5.
What is selective borrowing?
a)
The Japanese kept only some of Chinese ways, but modified the rest
b)
The Japanese kept all of Chinese culture
c)
The Japanese rejected Chinese culture
d)
The Chinese modified all of Japanese ways
6.
What was the title that the Japanese adopted from the Chinese?
a)
Konichiwa
b)
Holy Emperor
c)
Heavenly Emperor
d)
Shibuku
7.
What is kana?
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Phonetic symbols representing syllables
c)
The top of the caste system
d)
A type of Japanese tea
8.
Who held real power in Heian Japan?
a)
Emperors
b)
Wealthy court families
c)
Kings
d)
Artisans
9.
Who was allowed to learn the Chinese language in the Heian period?
a)
Men
b)
Women
c)
Men and Women
d)
Only foreigners
10.
What was the world’s first full length novel?
a)
The Tale of Genji
b)
The Tale of Shikibu
c)
The Tale of Zen
d)
The Tale of the Dragon
11.
What is bushido?
a)
Loyalty to one’s lord
b)
Way of the Warrior
c)
Those who serve
d)
Bravery
12.
What happened to the status of women during Feudal Japan?
a)
Their status lessened
b)
Their status increased
c)
Their status stayed the same
d)
They became rulers in Japan
13.
What system of government was in place during the Tokugawa Shogunate?
a)
democracy
b)
monarchy
c)
feudal warfare
d)
centralized feudalism
14.
Who brought much of Japan under his control but failed to control Korea?
a)
Murasaki Shikibu
b)
King Sejong
c)
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
d)
Tokugawa Ieyasu
15.
What type of play was originally created where men stood ona block with a mask?
a)
Kabuki
b)
Noh
c)
Zen
d)
Chinese
16.
What was important to the urban culture in Japan?
a)
religion
b)
luxuries and pleasures
c)
love
d)
Nina
17.
What poem type was created in Japan that is still popular?
a)
Pastoral
b)
haiku
c)
limerick
d)
sonnet
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