WorksheetsJapan Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the traditional religion of Japan that focuses on nature spirits?
Buddhism
Islam
Animism
Shinto
What do the Japanese call the nature spirits they worship in Shintoism?
Angels
Kami
Gods
Ancestors
What religion came to Japan from China and Korea?
Islam
Christianity
Buddhism
Shintoism
What language did the Japanese use to write before creating a system of characters for the Japanese language?
Korean
Mongolian
Italian
Chinese
Who created the Seventeen Articles Constitution and brought in Confucian ideas from China?
Empress Wu
Prince Shotoku
Lady Murasaki Shikibu
Tokugawa Leyasu
Which period of Japanese history saw a growth in art and literature and a development of a true Japanese culture?
Nara Period
Yuan Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
Heian Period
What system developed in Japan due to the constant warfare of the nobles over land?
Dictatorship
Capitalism
Socialism
Feudalism
Who ranked below the Emperor but actually ruled Japan instead of the Emperor?
Samurai
Daimyo
Peasants
Shogun
Who were the landowners that hired samurai to protect their lands?
Daimyo
Shogun
Peasants
Monks
What was the code of rules that samurai lived by?
Shinto
Buddhism
Bushido
Hinduism
Why did the Japanese fight over control of land?
They had too much land to share.
They had too many people trying to farm instead of work other jobs.
They did not have access to large amounts of farmable land.
Volcanoes were exploding and ruining their lands.
Who was the female author that wrote an important novel during the Heian Period?
Empress Wu
Empress Theodora
Lady Joan of Arc
Lady Murasaki Shikibu
Where was the Japanese capital before it was moved to Heian in 794?
Tokyo
Chang'an
Edo
Nara
What type of Buddhism attracted common people because its rituals didn't cost money?
Zen Buddhism
Pure Land Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism
Shingon Buddhism
What type of Buddhism did the samurai warriors practice?
Zen Buddhism
Pure Land Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism
Shingon Buddhism
What geographic word describes Japan?
peninsula
isthmus
archipelago
continent
What nation had the greatest influence on Japan during the Nara Period?
Australia
China
India
Korea
What group had the lowest ranking in Japanese society?
Daimyo
Merchants
Peasants
Shogun
What did the samurai receive from the Daimyo in exchange for fighting?
Land
Food
Money
Horses
The majority of Japanese art is based on their love of what?
God
Money
Nature
War
