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WorksheetsJapan week 4
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The Japanese spoke their own language but, at first, used characters from
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Vietnamese
Japan is an archipelago, which means that it is
fleet of ships
island
mountain chain
chain of islands
Who arrived in Japan from Korea in A.D. 552?
Confucian Scholars
Buddhist priests
a Mongol army
Shinto priests
The ancient Japanese name for their land, "Nippon," means what?
Land of water
Land of the sky
Land of the Rising Sun
Land of the Green trees
How did clan leaders keep Japan divided?
They often worked together.
They did not fear or respect the authority of the government, which was too far away and weak to threaten them.
They opposed the Empress Suiko and ruled Japan as a group.
They wanted to take orders from the emperor, not from each other.
To unite Japan, Prince Shotoku had to reduce the power of
Emperor Jimmu.
the emperor's regent.
clan leaders.
Buddhist priests.
Prince Shotoku's plan of government was based on Buddhist and
Yamato thought.
Suiko thought.
Shinto thought.
Confucian thought.
Minamoto Yoritomo was the first ____ of modern Japan.
Samurai
Heian
Daimyo
Shogun
A shogun is
Teamaster
Archer
Supreme Military Commander
Emperor
What was the MAIN reason why the peasants worked for the daimyo?
Only a daimyo could help a peasant become a samurai.
The daimyo paid the peasants for their work.
The daimyo belonged to a higher class of society.
Peasants could not have fought off attackers by themselves, so they needed protection.
