- 1. Yamato leader who took the title “emperor of heaven”
A) clan
B) animism
C) shrine
D) constitution
E) Jimmu
A) constitution
B) shrine
C) Jimmu
D) animism
E) clan
- 3. the belief that all things have a spirit
A) clan
B) shrine
C) animism
D) constitution
E) Jimmu
- 4. a group of families related by blood or marriage
A) animism
B) shrine
C) Jimmu
D) clan
E) constitution
A) Jimmu
B) animism
C) clan
D) constitution
E) shrine
- 6. a warrior who pledged loyalty to a powerful military lord
A) sect
B) meditation
C) vassal
D) guild
E) tanka
- 7. a powerful military lord
A) tanka
B) daimyo
C) sect
D) meditation
E) martial arts
- 8. commander of all the emperor’s military forces
A) shogun
B) guild
C) meditation
D) martial arts
E) sect
A) samurai
B) martial arts
C) sect
D) tanka
E) guild
- 10. the bond of loyalty between a lord and a vassal
A) tanka
B) meditation
C) guild
D) martial arts
E) feudalism
- 11. a five-lined unrhymed poem about nature
A) meditation
B) martial arts
C) tanka
D) guild
E) sect
- 12. a smaller religious group
A) guild
B) martial arts
C) meditation
D) sect
E) tanka
- 13. helps people to relax and find inner peace
A) guild
B) martial arts
C) tanka
D) sect
E) meditation
- 14. group formed to protect artisans and increase their profits
A) tanka
B) martial arts
C) sect
D) guild
E) meditation
- 15. sports that involve combat and self-defense
A) tanka
B) meditation
C) martial arts
D) sect
E) guild
- 16. Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and ____ are the four largest Japanese islands.
A) Kyoto
B) Hokkaido
C) Kamakura
D) Tokyo
- 17. The Yayoi, ancestors of the Japanese, buried their chiefs in kofun, or
A) ziggurats.
B) ceremonial boats.
C) large mounds of dirt.
D) sacred coffins.
- 18. Which group of early settlers made pottery and lived from fishing?
A) the Koreans
B) the Yamoto
C) the Yayoi
D) the Jomon
- 19. Prince Shotoku looked to this country as an example of successful government.
A) Italy
B) Egypt
C) China
D) Korea
- 20. Early beliefs developed into the religion of Shinto, which means
A) “good harvest.”
B) “way of the spirits.”
C) “the honorable way.”
D) “the right way.”
- 21. During the Nara period, the emperor’s power came from his control of the land and its
A) crops.
B) people
C) warriors
D) nobles
- 22. Around A.D. 500, the ____ religion came to Japan from Korea.
A) Christian
B) Islam
C) Shinto
D) Buddhist
- 23. In 1192, the newly appointed ____ created two governments in Japan.
A) daimyo
B) kamikaze
C) shogun
D) vassal
- 24. When the Mongols attacked the Kamakura shogunate in the 1200s, a(n) ____ helped the Japanese to defeat them.
A) earthquake
B) typhoon
C) monsoon
D) volcano
- 25. Young samurai studied martial arts, astronomy, and
A) math
B) bravery
C) loyalty
D) music
- 26. Followers of Zen Buddhism control their bodies through
A) faith
B) meditation
C) poetry
D) martial arts.
- 27. The art of Japan reveals the Japanese love of beauty and
A) simplicity
B) poetry
C) art
D) nature
- 28. Lady Murasaki Shikibu wrote ____, a book about a Japanese prince.
A) Samurai Warrior
B) The Tale of Heike
C) The Tale of Genji
D) A Shogun Tale
- 29. Japan’s wealth came from its farmers, artisans, and increased
A) shipping
B) literature
C) taxes
D) trade
- 30. Under Prince Shotoku, upper-class women enjoyed many freedoms, but when Japan became a(n) ____ society, those freedoms werLady Murasaki Shikibu wrote ____, a book about a Japanese prince lost.
A) agricultural
B) religious
C) warrior
D) cultural
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