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8.7 Japanese Feudal Society

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does ‘shi-no-ko-sho’ refer to?

a)

Four Confucian social classes

b)

Types of Japanese temples

c)

Four types of samurai weapons

d)

Levels of land ownership

2.

At the top of the shi-no-ko-sho hierarchy was the:

a)

Shogun

b)

Emperor

c)

Samurai

d)

Daimyo

3.

Who had the most real power in Tokugawa society?

a)

Artisans

b)

Shogun

c)

Merchants

d)

Emperor

4.

Which group was responsible for food production?

a)

Samurai

b)

Merchants

c)

Farmers

d)

Ronin

5.

Which group was considered lowest in status?

a)

Artisans

b)

Samurai

c)

Merchants

d)

Ronin

6.

Ronin were:

a)

Traveling merchants

b)

Samurai without masters

c)

Priests and monks

d)

Imperial scribes

7.

Samurai served the:

a)

Emperor directly

b)

Merchants

c)

Daimyo

d)

Buddhist temples

8.

What were eta and hinin?

a)

Warrior monks

b)

Foreign traders

c)

Outcast classes

d)

Members of the court

9.

Merchants were seen as:

a)

Sources of honour

b)

Lazy and unproductive

c)

Educators of the youth

d)

The cultural elite

10.

Which social group increased their wealth during the Edo period despite low status?

a)

Farmers

b)

Samurai

c)

Merchants

d)

Artisans

11.

Samurai were expected to follow a code of:

a)

Confucianism

b)

Democracy

c)

Bushido

d)

Shinto

12.

What was one job of artisans?

a)

Teaching martial arts

b)

Farming rice

c)

Creating swords and goods

d)

Tax collecting

13.

The warrior class consisted mainly of:

a)

Daimyo and samurai

b)

Artisans and priests

c)

Merchants and farmers

d)

Emperors and governors