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