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vocabulary- Chapter 8 Medieval Japan

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

clan

a)

an extended family

b)

a group of nobles who live near and serve or advise a ruler.

c)

large landowners of feudal Japan

d)

a trained professional soldier in feudal Japan

2.

court

a)

a group of nobles who live near and serve or advise a ruler.

b)

an extended family

c)

a person who rules a country for someone who is unable to rule alone.

d)

large landowners of feudal Japan

3.

regent

a)

a person who rules a country for someone who is unable to rule alone.

b)

an extended family

c)

a group of nobles who live near and serve or advise a ruler.

d)

large landowners of feudal Japan

4.

daimyo

a)

large landowners of feudal Japan

b)

an extended family

c)

a person who rules a country for someone who is unable to rule alone.

d)

a group of nobles who live near and serve or advise a ruler.

5.

Prince Shotoku

a)

Japanese regent, he was one of Japan's greatest leaders. He was influential in bringing Buddhism and Chinese ideas to Japan.

b)

Japanese noble and writer, she wrote The Tale of Genji, the world's first known novel.

c)

a person who rules a country for someone who is unable to rule alone.

d)

a general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name

6.

Lady Murasaki Shikibu

a)

Japanese noble and writer, she wrote The Tale of Genji, the world's first known novel.

b)

Japanese regent, he was one of Japan's greatest leaders. He was influential in bringing Buddhism and Chinese ideas to Japan.

c)

a person who appears to rule even though real power rests with someone else.

d)

a general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name

7.

Shinto

a)

the traditional religion of Japan

b)

an extended family

c)

a form of Buddhism that emphasizes meditation.

d)

the code of honor followed by the Samurai in Japan

8.

Zen

a)

a form of Buddhism that emphasizes meditation.

b)

the traditional religion of Japan

c)

the code of honor followed by the Samurai in Japan

d)

the way something is set up or organized

9.

samurai

a)

a trained professional soldier in feudal Japan

b)

large landowners of feudal Japan

c)

a group of nobles who live near and serve or advise a ruler.

d)

a general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name

10.

figurehead

a)

a person who appears to rule even though real power rests with someone else.

b)

the way something is set up or organized

c)

a general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name

d)

a person who rules a country for someone who is unable to rule alone.

11.

shogun

a)

a general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name

b)

a person who rules a country for someone who is unable to rule alone.

c)

large landowners of feudal Japan

d)

a trained professional soldier in feudal Japan

12.

Bushido

a)

the code of honor followed by the Samurai in Japan

b)

ideas that people hold dear and try to live by

c)

the way something is set up or organized

d)

a form of Buddhism that emphasizes meditation.

13.

structure

a)

the way something is set up or organized

b)

ideas that people hold dear and try to live by

c)

an extended family

d)

the code of honor followed by the Samurai in Japan

14.

values

a)

ideas that people hold dear and try to live by

b)

the way something is set up or organized

c)

the code of honor followed by the Samurai in Japan

d)

a form of Buddhism that emphasizes meditation.