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Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 22mins
What is the highest peak in Japan?
(a)
Geographically, who are Japans neighbors?
China
Korea
Vietnam
Cambodia
First people to settle Japan:
Yuri
Yamamoto
Jomon
Aido
By AD 200s, Japan was ruled by:
(a)
A holy being that represents a spirit of nature, sacred place, ancestor, or clan in Japanese culture.
Angel
Spirit
Kami
Which competing came to power after the clan battles of the 200-400s?
(a)
Yamato claimed they descended from
The Sun Goddess
The Water God
The Storm God
The Earth Goddess
Why were clans against the adoption of Buddhism?
(a)
Shotoku laid out a moral code known as the:
(a)
The Constitution of Seventeen Articles had strong influential ties to Confucianism and Buddhism
True
False
The new laws after Shotoku's death that claimed that all land belonged to the Emperor was:
(a)
Someone who appears to be in charge, but someone else was really in control.
(a)
Social system in which landowners granted people land or other rewards in exchange for military service or labor.
(a)
Japanese word meaning "those who serve":
(a)
Samurai swore their loyalty and lives to their lords, also known as:
(a)
What faction did the samurai warriors hold at bay and prevent from invading the country?
Koreans
Americans
Chinese
Mongols
The typhoons that aided the Japanese against their invading enemy were thought to be the work of their Kami. They were called Kamikaze which meant:
(a)
Which was NOT one of the rulers that managed to end the constant feuding in Japan beginning in the 1500s?
Oda Nobunaga
Takeda Shingen
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
What drama appealed to the nobles and samurai class?
(a)
What drama appealed to the farmers, merchants, and other common folk?
(a)
Early Japanese women had power in their clans and some even led them, but the arrival of what 2 religions saw women pushed to the lower tiers of the social ladder?
Buddhism
Daoism
Christianity
Confucianism
the traditional religion of Japan
(a)
According to the Shinto creation story, the Sun Goddess gave Ninigi three items. Which was NOT one?
Golden helm
Bronze mirror
Iron sword
String of jewels
What form of Buddhism became most popular in Japan?
(a)
What three sects emerge from Buddhism in Japan
(a)
How old did Samurai begin training with a sword?
(a)
