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WorksheetsJapan History
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Who wrote The Pillow Book?
Lady Murasaki
Prince Shotoku
Tokugawa Leyasu
Sei Shonagon
What were some of the reasons we remember Prince Shotoku?
He taught Confucian values.
He was a Buddhist monk.
He was a Samurai Warrior
All of the above
Which of the following were things that the Japanese learned from the Chinese and the Koreans?
A written language.
The form of government.
The spoken language.
All of the above.
What is Shinto?
A religion the Japanese imported from China.
The religion that worship the Buddha.
The traditional religion of Japan.
The traditional religion of Korea.
Who were the Ainu People?
They spoke a dialect of Hebrew
They came from Siberia
They formed the warrior class in Japanese culture.
All of the above.
How did the geography of Japan influenced the way that people lived?
The Japanese ate lots of fish.
They build buildings to resist earthquakes.
Their culture was isolated for hundreds of years.
All of the above
Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu?
Unified all of Japan.
Ruled from the capital at Edo.
Began the Tokugawa Shogunate
All of the above
What was "bushido"?
The Emperor's advisory group
Traditional Japanese religion
The warrior code
The principals of Japanese manufacturing
Which of the following best describes the Shoguns?
Business executives
Powerful military leaders
The navigators on ocean liners
All of the above
Who were the Samurai?
Warriors
Peasants
Daimyo
Shoguns
Who was Lady Murasaki Shikibu?
She wrote The Tale of Genji
Tom Sayer
Starbucks Owner
A lady who owned Wal-Mart
What were the core ideas of Zen Buddhism?
To seek wisdom
To practice self-discipline
To practice meditation
All of the above
What is "Noh" Theater?
Heian athletic competition
Heian architecture
Heian drama
Calligraphy
What was architecture like in the Heian Period?
Copy of Vietnamese architecture
Copy of Chinese architecture
Copy of Italian
Copy of Greek
