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WH1: Medieval Asia

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following civilizations most influenced the development of Japan?

a)

China

b)

England

c)

Egypt

d)

Persia

2.

What two religions coexisted in medieval Japan?

a)

Islam and Hinduism

b)

Buddhism and Hinduism

c)

Buddhism and Shinto

d)

Zoroastrianism and Shinto

3.

Which of the following best describes the geography of Japan?

a)

desert

b)

archipelago

c)

peninsula

d)

plateau

4.

Which of the following best describes the geography of Japan?

a)

flat grasslands

b)

desert

c)

tropical jungle

d)

mountainous

5.

There are thousands of island that make up Japan but most people live on the ___ largest Japanese islands.

a)

two

b)

three

c)

four

d)

five

6.

What body of water lies directly to the east of Japan?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

South China Sea

c)

East Sea

d)

Black Sea

7.

What is another name for the body of water that lies directly to the east of Japan?

a)

Sea of Japan

b)

South China Sea

c)

Caspian Sea

d)

Baltic Sea

8.

Which of the following countries is closest to Japan?

a)

India

b)

Taiwan

c)

Indonesia

d)

Korea

9.

Which of the following is an ethnic religion unique to Japan?

a)

Zoroastrianism

b)

Animism

c)

Shinto

d)

Islam

10.

Which of the following describes important characteristics of Shinto?

a)

the Torah and the Ten Commandments

b)

the eternal battle between the forces of good and evil

c)

the four noble truths and the eightfold path

d)

natural features, forces of nature, ancestors, and the emperor

11.

Mongol armies from central Asia invaded ___

a)

Russia, Southwest Asia, and China

b)

North Africa and the Mediterranean Basin

c)

Southeast Asia and Oceania

d)

Europe and the Americas

12.

The Mongols were originally ____.

a)

merchants of metal goods

b)

nomadic herders

c)

musicians and artists

d)

Christian missionaries

13.

Who was Genghis Khan?

a)

a Russian Tsar

b)

a Japanese Buddhist

c)

a powerful Mongol leader

d)

a Chinese emperor