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China, Korea, and Japan Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Analects?

a)

A collection of Confucius' teachings

b)

Beautiful handwriting

c)

A code of conduct for samurai

d)

A system of government in feudal Japan

2.

What is Bushido?

a)

A system of government in feudal Japan

b)

A collection of Confucius' teachings

c)

A code of conduct for samurai

d)

Beautiful handwriting

3.

What is calligraphy?

a)

A system of government in feudal Japan

b)

A collection of Confucius' teachings

c)

A code of conduct for samurai

d)

Beautiful handwriting

4.

Who was Confucius?

a)

Beautiful handwriting

b)

A Chinese scholar who taught 5 relationships to ensure social order and good government

c)

A collection of Confucius' teachings

d)

A code of conduct for samurai

5.

What was a Daimyo?

a)

A collection of Confucius' teachings

b)

A code of conduct for samurai

c)

Warrior lords directly below the Shogun in feudal Japan

d)

Beautiful handwriting

6.

What is the Dynastic Cycle?

a)

The rise and fall of Chinese dynasties according to the Mandate of Heaven

b)

A collection of Confucius' teachings

c)

A code of conduct for samurai

d)

Warrior lords directly below the Shogun in feudal Japan

7.

What is the Eightfold Path?

a)

The way one should live according to Buddhism

b)

A code of conduct for samurai

c)

The rise and fall of Chinese dynasties according to the Mandate of Heaven

d)

Warrior lords directly below the Shogun in feudal Japan

8.

What is Feudalism?

a)

Warrior lords directly below the Shogun in feudal Japan

b)

A code of conduct for samurai

c)

System of government in which local lords control their lands but owe military service and other support to a greater lord

d)

The way one should live according to Buddhism

9.

What is Filial Piety?

a)

A code of conduct for samurai

b)

The way one should live according to Buddhism

c)

System of government in which local lords control their lands but owe military service and other support to a greater lord

d)

Confucian teaching of respect for parents and elders

10.

What are the Five Relationships?

a)

A code of conduct for samurai

b)

Confucian teaching that harmony resulted when people accepted their place in society

c)

The way one should live according to Buddhism

d)

System of government in which local lords control their lands but owe military service and other support to a greater lord

11.

What are the Four Noble Truths?

a)

Confucian teaching that harmony resulted when people accepted their place in society

b)

System of government in which local lords control their lands but owe military service and other support to a greater lord

c)

Basic teachings of Buddhism

d)

The way one should live according to Buddhism

12.

What is Kabuki?

a)

Confucian teaching that harmony resulted when people accepted their place in society

b)

A code of conduct for samurai

c)

The way one should live according to Buddhism

d)

Form of Japanese drama developed in the 1600's

13.

What are Kami?

a)

A code of conduct for samurai

b)

Spirits who were believed to be the original ancestors of early Japanese clans; spirits of Shinto

c)

The way one should live according to Buddhism

d)

Form of Japanese drama developed in the 1600's

14.

Who was Laozi?

a)

Chinese philosopher who wrote about Daoism (Taoism)

b)

Form of Japanese drama developed in the 1600's

c)

A code of conduct for samurai

d)

Spirits who were believed to be the original ancestors of early Japanese clans; spirits of Shinto

15.

What was the Mandate of Heaven?

a)

Spirits who were believed to be the original ancestors of early Japanese clans; spirits of Shinto

b)

Form of Japanese drama developed in the 1600's

c)

Chinese belief in the divine right to rule

d)

A code of conduct for samurai

16.

Which group was the warrior class in Feudal Japan?

a)

Kami

b)

Daimyo

c)

Samurai

d)

Shogun

17.

Collection of the teachings of Buddha

a)

Tripitaka

b)

Nirvana

c)

Analects

d)

Kami

18.

What was the top military commander in Japanese feudal society called?

a)

Kami

b)

Emperor

c)

Samurai

d)

Shogun

19.

What is the final goal for Buddhists? This is when you are released from reincarnation and achieve union with the universe.

a)

Shinto

b)

Nirvana

c)

Kami

d)

Pearl Jam

20.

Name a traditional Japanese religion that focuses on nature spirits (kami).

a)

Shinto

b)

Hinduism