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6.2 Review Game

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the belief that everything has a spirit?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Animism

c)

Shinto

d)

Yamato

2.

Nara

a)

is the plan of government

b)

is the capital city of Japan in the 700s C.E.

c)

is nature spirits

d)

a people who brought farming to Japan.

3.

Who is the Yamato leader who took the title "emperor of heaven"?

a)

Yayoi

b)

Jimmu

c)

Lesa

d)

Nara

4.

Government officials during the Nara period were hired because they

a)

were nobles from powerful families.

b)

did well on examinations.

c)

were friends of the emperor.

d)

were related to the emperor.

5.

The four largest Japanese islands are Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and

a)

Tokyo.

b)

Kamakura..

c)

Hokkaido.

d)

Kyoto.

6.

What people group brought farming to Japan?

a)

Yamato

b)

Shinto

c)

Nobles

d)

Yayoi

7.

In which sentence is CULTURE used correctly?

a)

A part of my subculture is my religion.

b)

Part of American culture is eating turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.

c)

A biologist grew a culture in the lab to study under a microscope.

d)

All of these are correct.

8.

What did the Yamato do during the Taika, or Great Change?

a)

gave civil service examinations

b)

built many Buddhist temples

c)

reduced the emperor's power

d)

created a strong central government

9.

A group or chain of islands is called

a)

an archipelago

b)

isolated

c)

a constitution

d)

a good time

10.

Prince Shotoku admired this country’s civilization.

a)

Italy

b)

China

c)

Egypt

d)

Korea

11.

What is the "kami"?

a)

civil service examination

b)

nature spirits

c)

animism

d)

Shinto shrine

12.

What is the word for "nature spirits"?

a)

kami

b)

nara

c)

animism

d)

isolated

13.

The _________, or Great Change, was a series of reforms that created Japan's first strong central government.

a)

Taika

b)

Shinto

c)

Kami

d)

Constitution

14.

Japan is __________ of China.

a)

north

b)

east

c)

south

d)

west

15.

Japan's geography made the country ____________

a)

popular for travel

b)

easy to get to

c)

unable to farm

d)

more isolated

16.

Prince Shotoku created a constitution that stated that the emperor was a(n) ___________________ ruler. 

a)

creative

b)

weak

c)

strict

d)

all powerful

17.

During the Nara period, the Japanese ___________use the Chinese method of civil service examinations to hire officials. 

a)

did

b)

did not

18.

Because farmland is limited in Japan, many Japanese turned to the ___________to make a living. 

a)

deserts

b)

villages

c)

sea

d)

surrounding countries

19.

Who created a constitution in an attempt to create a strong, central government in Japan?

a)

Prince Shotoku

b)

Yamato

c)

Nara

d)

Yayoi

20.

Who was the first emperor of Japan?

a)

Prince Shotoku

b)

Jimmu

c)

Sun Goddess

d)

Taika