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Japan

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the highest peak in Japan?

(a)  

2.

Geographically, who are Japans neighbors?

a)

China

b)

Korea

c)

Vietnam

d)

Cambodia

3.

First people to settle Japan:

a)

Yuri

b)

Yamamoto

c)

Jomon

d)

Aido

4.

By AD 200s, Japan was ruled by:

(a)  

5.

A holy being that represents a spirit of nature, sacred place, ancestor, or clan in Japanese culture.

a)

Angel

b)

Spirit

c)

Kami

6.

Which competing came to power after the clan battles of the 200-400s?

(a)  

7.

Yamato claimed they descended from

a)

The Sun Goddess

b)

The Water God

c)

The Storm God

d)

The Earth Goddess

8.

Why were clans against the adoption of Buddhism?

(a)  

9.

Shotoku laid out a moral code known as the:

(a)  

10.

The Constitution of Seventeen Articles had strong influential ties to Confucianism and Buddhism

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The new laws after Shotoku's death that claimed that all land belonged to the Emperor was:

(a)  

12.

Someone who appears to be in charge, but someone else was really in control.

(a)  

13.

Social system in which landowners granted people land or other rewards in exchange for military service or labor.

(a)  

14.

Japanese word meaning "those who serve":

(a)  

15.

Samurai swore their loyalty and lives to their lords, also known as:

(a)  

16.

What faction did the samurai warriors hold at bay and prevent from invading the country?

a)

Koreans

b)

Americans

c)

Chinese

d)

Mongols

17.

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)  

18.

Which was NOT one of the rulers that managed to end the constant feuding in Japan beginning in the 1500s?

a)

Oda Nobunaga

b)

Takeda Shingen

c)

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

d)

Tokugawa Ieyasu

19.

What drama appealed to the nobles and samurai class?

(a)  

20.

What drama appealed to the farmers, merchants, and other common folk?

(a)  

21.

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?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Daoism

c)

Christianity

d)

Confucianism

22.

the traditional religion of Japan

(a)  

23.

According to the Shinto creation story, the Sun Goddess gave Ninigi three items. Which was NOT one?

a)

Golden helm

b)

Bronze mirror

c)

Iron sword

d)

String of jewels

24.

What form of Buddhism became most popular in Japan?

(a)  

25.

What three sects emerge from Buddhism in Japan

(a)  

26.

How old did Samurai begin training with a sword?

(a)