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Early Japan and Prince Shotoku

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why is there so little farmland in Japan? 2 answers

a)

too many people wanted to farm

b)

they are islands, so land is limited

c)

too many mountains in the interior of the islands

d)

they only liked seafood

2.

Living on an island can be dangerous because?

a)

tsunamis

b)

too much farmland

c)

mild summers

d)

long rainy seasons

3.

Japan's closest neighbors are?

a)

China

b)

Philippines

c)

Korea

d)

Nepal

4.

Isolated means?

a)

close

b)

together

c)

separate

d)

ice covered

5.

The belief that humans, rocks, plants and animals have their own spirits is called?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Brahmanism

c)

Daoism

d)

animism

6.

Shinto means? (2answers)

a)

way of the spirits

b)

way of the gods

c)

the path to nature

d)

the path to Eden

7.

Pick the symbol for Shintoism

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

This Japanese prince ruled on behalf (for) of his aunt

a)

Genghis Khan

b)

Shotoku

c)

Zheng He

d)

Yongle

9.

Shotoku _________ the Chinese civilization

a)

hated

b)

admired

c)

to live in

d)

wanted to fight

10.

Japan has many earthquakes because of the movement of the Earth called ___________________.

a)

tsunamis

b)

animism

c)

seduction

d)

plate tectonics

11.

The Japanese have to depend on the __________ for most of their food.

a)

farms in the mountains

b)

sea/ocean

c)

foothills

d)

winter growth

12.

What is a regent?

a)

Someone who rules in the place of another

b)

Shinto

c)

calligraphy

d)

kabuki