Chapter 14 Vocabulary Test 8th World Hist
  • 1. - Means “cord marks” in the Japanese language. The wandering groups developed this culture and used knotted cords to make designs on the clay’s surface.
A) Clan
B) Yayoi
C) Shotoku
D) Jimmu
E) Jomon
  • 2. - A new group of people came to Japan and modern archaeologists named this culture after the place in Japan where they first dug up its artifacts.
A) Jimmu
B) Yayoi
C) Shotoku
D) Clan
E) Jomon
  • 3. - A Yamato leader who took the title “emperor of heaven” and is stated in Japanese legend. He founded a line of rulers in Japan that has never been broken.
A) Jomon
B) Clan
C) Jimmu
D) Shotoku
E) Yayoi
  • 4. - A Yamato prince who took charge of Japan on behalf of his aunt, the empress Suiko, in about A.D. 600. He wanted to create a strong government, and he looked to China as an example of what to do.
A) Yayoi
B) Jomon
C) Shotoku
D) Jimmu
E) Clan
  • 5. - A group of families related by blood or marriage.
A) Clan
B) Jomon
C) Yayoi
D) Jimmu
E) Shotoku
  • 6. - A plan of government.
A) Animism
B) Shrine
C) Constitution
D) Ashikaga Takauj
E) Minamoto Yoritomo
  • 7. - The idea that all natural things are alive, even the winds, mountains, and the rivers. Also, that all of these things have their own spirits.
A) Ashikaga Takauj
B) Minamoto Yoritomo
C) Animism
D) Constitution
E) Shrine
  • 8. - Holy places.
A) Ashikaga Takauj
B) Minamoto Yoritomo
C) Constitution
D) Shrine
E) Animism
  • 9. The leader of the Minamoto who won the Gempei War and was awarded by the emperor to keep him loyal.
A) Minamoto Yoritomo
B) Ashikaga Takauj
C) Constitution
D) Animism
E) Shrine
  • 10. A general who turned against the emperor and made himself shogun in 1333.
A) Constitution
B) Ashikaga Takauj
C) Animism
D) Minamoto Yoritomo
E) Shrine
  • 11. - Warriors in private armies that nobles formed. They fought on horseback with Swords, daggers, and bows and arrows.
A) Shogun
B) Feudalism
C) Vassal
D) Samurai
E) Daimyo
  • 12. - Commander of all of the emperor’s military forces.
A) Daimyo
B) Feudalism
C) Samurai
D) Shogun
E) Vassal
  • 13. - Powerful military lords who headed small territories.
A) Daimyo
B) Vassal
C) Samurai
D) Feudalism
E) Shogun
  • 14. - What many Samurais became of a daimyo. The samurais gave an oath of loyalty to his daimyo and promised to serve him in times of war.
A) Vassal
B) Feudalism
C) Daimyo
D) Shogun
E) Samurai
  • 15. - The bond of loyalty between a lord and vassal.
A) Shogun
B) Vassal
C) Feudalism
D) Samurai
E) Daimyo
  • 16. - A lady who wrote The Tale of Genji.
A) Meditation
B) Sect
C) Vassal
D) Murasaki Shikibu
E) Martial Arts
  • 17. - Smaller religious groups.
A) Murasaki Shikibu
B) Sect
C) Meditation
D) Martial Arts
E) Vassal
  • 18. - Sports that involved combat and self-defense.
A) Meditation
B) Vassal
C) Murasaki Shikibu
D) Sect
E) Martial Arts
  • 19. - Helps people to relax and find inner peace. Followers of Zen Buddhism
A) Martial Arts
B) Vassal
C) Meditation
D) Murasaki Shikibu
E) Sect
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