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