- 1. Yamato leader who took the title “emperor of heaven”
A) shrine
B) constitution
C) clan
D) Jimmu
E) animism
A) clan
B) Jimmu
C) animism
D) constitution
E) shrine
- 3. the belief that all things have a spirit
A) Jimmu
B) constitution
C) animism
D) shrine
E) clan
- 4. a group of families related by blood or marriage
A) animism
B) shrine
C) Jimmu
D) clan
E) constitution
A) shrine
B) animism
C) clan
D) Jimmu
E) constitution
- 6. a warrior who pledged loyalty to a powerful military lord
A) meditation
B) vassal
C) guild
D) sect
E) tanka
- 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) shogun
B) martial arts
C) guild
D) sect
E) meditation
A) samurai
B) tanka
C) martial arts
D) guild
E) sect
- 10. the bond of loyalty between a lord and a vassal
A) martial arts
B) guild
C) feudalism
D) tanka
E) meditation
- 11. a five-lined unrhymed poem about nature
A) guild
B) martial arts
C) tanka
D) sect
E) meditation
- 12. a smaller religious group
A) guild
B) martial arts
C) tanka
D) sect
E) meditation
- 13. helps people to relax and find inner peace
A) tanka
B) sect
C) guild
D) meditation
E) martial arts
- 14. group formed to protect artisans and increase their profits
A) martial arts
B) sect
C) tanka
D) meditation
E) guild
- 15. sports that involve combat and self-defense
A) sect
B) martial arts
C) guild
D) meditation
E) tanka
- 16. Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and ____ are the four largest Japanese islands.
A) Tokyo
B) Hokkaido
C) Kamakura
D) Kyoto
- 17. The Yayoi, ancestors of the Japanese, buried their chiefs in kofun, or
A) ceremonial boats.
B) ziggurats.
C) sacred coffins.
D) large mounds of dirt.
- 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) Italy
D) Egypt
- 20. Early beliefs developed into the religion of Shinto, which means
A) “way of the spirits.”
B) “the honorable way.”
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) people
B) crops.
C) warriors
D) nobles
- 22. Around A.D. 500, the ____ religion came to Japan from Korea.
A) Buddhist
B) Islam
C) Shinto
D) Christian
- 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) monsoon
B) earthquake
C) typhoon
D) volcano
- 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) martial arts.
B) poetry
C) faith
D) meditation
- 27. The art of Japan reveals the Japanese love of beauty and
A) art
B) poetry
C) simplicity
D) nature
- 28. Lady Murasaki Shikibu wrote ____, a book about a Japanese prince.
A) Samurai Warrior
B) A Shogun Tale
C) The Tale of Heike
D) The Tale of Genji
- 29. Japan’s wealth came from its farmers, artisans, and increased
A) taxes
B) literature
C) shipping
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) religious
B) warrior
C) agricultural
D) cultural
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