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Japan week 4

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Japanese spoke their own language but, at first, used characters from

a)

Chinese

b)

Japanese

c)

Korean

d)

Vietnamese

2.

Japan is an archipelago, which means that it is

a)

fleet of ships

b)

island

c)

mountain chain

d)

chain of islands

3.

Who arrived in Japan from Korea in A.D. 552?

a)

Confucian Scholars

b)

Buddhist priests

c)

a Mongol army

d)

Shinto priests

4.

The ancient Japanese name for their land, "Nippon," means what?

a)

Land of water

b)

Land of the sky

c)

Land of the Rising Sun

d)

Land of the Green trees

5.

How did clan leaders keep Japan divided?

a)

They often worked together.

b)

They did not fear or respect the authority of the government, which was too far away and weak to threaten them.

c)

  They opposed the Empress Suiko and ruled Japan as a group.

 

d)

They wanted to take orders from the emperor, not from each other.

6.

To unite Japan, Prince Shotoku had to reduce the power of

a)

Emperor Jimmu.

b)

  the emperor's regent.

c)

  clan leaders.

d)

  Buddhist priests.

7.

Prince Shotoku's plan of government was based on Buddhist and

a)

  Yamato thought.

b)

  Suiko thought.

 

c)

Shinto thought.

d)

Confucian thought.

8.

Minamoto Yoritomo was the first ____ of modern Japan.

a)

Samurai

b)

Heian

c)

Daimyo

d)

Shogun

9.

A shogun is

a)

Teamaster

b)

Archer

c)

Supreme Military Commander

d)

Emperor

10.

What was the MAIN reason why the peasants worked for the daimyo?

a)

Only a daimyo could help a peasant become a samurai.

 

b)

The daimyo paid the peasants for their work.

 

c)

  The daimyo belonged to a higher class of society.

d)

Peasants could not have fought off attackers by themselves, so they needed protection.