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7th Grade Chapter 18

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the movement of Earths plate underneath Japan produce?

a)

Hurricanes

b)

High winds

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Tsunami

2.

Why does so much of the Japanese diet come from the ocean?

a)

Because the government only allows a certain number of farms.

b)

Because there is limited land for growing crops and the ocean is convenient.

c)

Because the Japanese people had allergies.

d)

Because farmers are too busy fighting natives.

3.

What common factor united people in a specific clan in early Japan?

a)

ancestor

b)

religion

c)

land owned

d)

ethnicity

4.

Which of the following statements about Prince Shotoku’s Constitution of Seventeen Articles is true?

a)

The Constitution set laws for farming

b)

The Constitution promoted local government.

c)

The Constitution was influenced by Christianity.

d)

The Constitution explained Confucianism.

5.

Before he became Japan’s first shogun, which clan did Minamoto Yoritomo have to defeat?

a)

Daimyo

b)

Kyoto

c)

samurai

d)

Taira

6.

What did peasants give their daimyo in return for the protection his samurai offered?

a)

Promise to fight enemies

b)

Manufactured goods

c)

Labor and crops

d)

Gold

7.

How did Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu treat the daimyo similarly?

a)

They both asked the daimyo to get rid of their samurai.

b)

They both forced the daimyo to pledge loyalty to them.

c)

They both commanded the daimyo to leave.

d)

They both banished the daimyo from Japan to the United States.

8.

Which of the following groups would most likely attend a Kabuki performance?

a)

Nobles

b)

Samurai

c)

Showgun

d)

Farmers

9.

Who wrote The Tale of Genji?

a)

The emperor

b)

A Buddhist monk

c)

a woman

d)

Buddha

10.

What was a core value in Japanese families?

a)

Bravery

b)

Ambition

c)

Loyalty

d)

wealth

11.

Which of the following is the traditional religion of Japan?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Christianity

c)

Shinto

d)

Daimyo

12.

Which of the following statements about Buddhism in Japan is true?

a)

It can be practiced at the same time as the Shinto religion.

b)

Buddhism is the same as Christianity

c)

It has traditionally attracted only the upper classes of society.

d)

People cannot practice Buddhism and Shinto at the same time.

13.

What was a key outdoor feature of many Japanese nobles’ homes?

a)

A pool

b)

a garden

c)

A theater

d)

a temple

14.

In the Japanese feudal system, what made the daimyo so powerful at first?

a)

court

b)

land

c)

religion

d)

allies

15.

What did the title of shogun originally mean?

a)

Supreme military commander

b)

Supreme Battle

c)

Supreme samurai

d)

Supreme clan leader

16.

Which phrase best describes Japan’s geography?

a)

Landlocked

b)

Limited farmland

c)

Desert-like

d)

under water

17.

Prince Shotoku believed that both Buddhism and ____________ could unify Japan.

a)

Kami

b)

Confucianism

c)

Tang China

d)

the Shogun

18.

The Sun Goddess was the Yamato clan’s __________.

a)

shogun

b)

figurehead

c)

kami

d)

daimyo

19.

Under the Fujiwara family, the emperor lost control of his government and became nothing more than a(n) __________.

a)

figurhead

b)

samurai

c)

merchant

d)

daimyo

20.

The code of the samurai, translated to mean “the way of the warrior,” was called ____________.

a)

shrine

b)

torii

c)

bushido

d)

kami

21.

A torii marks the entrance of a Shinto place of worship, also called a _________.

a)

kami

b)

bushido

c)

consensus

d)

shrine

22.

Many Japanese people felt that ___________ was necessary to achieve harmony.

a)

merchant

b)

consensus

c)

kami

d)

bushido

23.

Under the rule of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the ____________ class became the wealthiest class in Japan.

a)

merchant

b)

shogun

c)

figurehead

d)

bushido

24.

What is the northernmost Japanese island?

a)

Hokkaido

b)

Ryukyu

c)

Tokyo

d)

Honshu

25.

What is the southernmost Japanese island?

a)

Hokkaido

b)

Korea

c)

Ryukyu islands

d)

Edo

26.

Where do most people live in Japan?

a)

in Korea

b)

Inland

c)

The mountains

d)

The coast

27.

How did the Yamato clan gain power?

a)

They were not powerful

b)

slowly negotiated

c)

force, on horses with bows and arrows

d)

force, guns and bombs

28.

Yamato clan used ______________ to take control of government.

a)

gold

b)

divorce

c)

trade

d)

marriage

29.

__________ and ___________ helped build the Yamato economy

a)

iron and irrigation

b)

gold and silver

c)

rice and fish

d)

mules and sheep

30.

Clan leaders were .....

a)

very poor

b)

religious leaders within their clans

c)

not religious

d)

bad leaders

31.

Why were clan leaders afraid that they would lose power as people converted to Buddhism?

a)

Buddhism cause wars

b)

people would not have any religion and be unhappy

c)

Buddhism taught people to take power from people

d)

people would stop worshiping their kami and lead to less power

32.

What do the battles between the samurai and Mongol invaders tell you about the beliefs and loyalty of samurai?

a)

The samurai fought the Mongol warriors. They lost in a devastating battle because they did not try hard enough and the shogun was very displeased.

b)

The samurai were did not fight the Mongols because they were peace seeking individuals. They preferred to meditate with Buddhist monks.

c)

The samurai fought hard but could not beat the Mongol warriors. They trained hard but still could not overtake them.

d)

The samurai fought and beat back the Mongol warriors against incredible odds. Their endurance and brave fighting show how dedicated they were to their lords and country.

33.

How did Tokugawa Ieyasu weaken power?

a)

He did not weaken them

b)

forcing all daimyo to move to one city

c)

taking away their food

d)

taxation

34.

How did the Japanese system of feudalism change under the Tokugawa shoguns?

a)

Peasants were no longer as tied to their daimyo.

b)

It did not change

c)

Gave more power

d)

Peasants had to pay extra taxes

35.

The daimyo, and their samurai, were then further weakened as the _____________ grew to be the wealthiest class.

a)

Torii class

b)

figurehead class

c)

merchant class

d)

shogun class

36.

Who was the Taira and Minamoto clans had a common enemy?

a)

Fujiwara

b)

Tokugwara

c)

Torii

d)

Yamato

37.

What two clans worked together to force the Fujiwara out of power.

a)

Minamoto and Tokyo

b)

Yamato and Honshu

c)

Taira and Minamoto

d)

Taira and Yamato

38.

In Japan’s feudal society, who was the least powerful group of the lowest level?

a)

daimyo

b)

artisans

c)

merchants

d)

peasants

39.

In Japan’s feudal society, who was at the top?

a)

Emperor was at the top level and he got to make all of the rules for everyone to follow.

b)

Daimyo was the top and everyone had to follow his wishes or the samurai would kill them

c)

Shogun was technically the top level of feudalism, he had to follow the emperors wishes

d)

Emperor was technically the top level of feudalism, he had to follow the shogun’s wishes

40.

Higher classes of Japanese society enjoyed _____________drama

a)

Noh

b)

Kabuki

c)

Zen

d)

Shingon

41.

lower classes enjoyed _________ drama

a)

Shingon

b)

Kabuki

c)

Noh

d)

Pure Land

42.

nobles often practiced ____________ sect of Buddhism

a)

Noh

b)

Pure Land

c)

Shingon

d)

Zen

43.

samurai often practiced __________ Buddhism

a)

Zen

b)

Shingon

c)

Pure Land

d)

Kambuki

44.

all classes were attracted to ____________Buddhism.

a)

Noh

b)

Shingon

c)

Pure Land

d)

Zen

45.

Who were the largest land owners

a)

daimyo

b)

emperor

c)

shogun

d)

merchants