- 1. Yamato leader who took the title “emperor of heaven”
A) clan
B) shrine
C) Jimmu
D) animism
E) constitution
A) constitution
B) animism
C) clan
D) Jimmu
E) shrine
- 3. the belief that all things have a spirit
A) animism
B) constitution
C) shrine
D) Jimmu
E) clan
- 4. a group of families related by blood or marriage
A) shrine
B) animism
C) constitution
D) clan
E) Jimmu
A) Jimmu
B) clan
C) constitution
D) shrine
E) animism
- 6. a warrior who pledged loyalty to a powerful military lord
A) vassal
B) sect
C) meditation
D) tanka
E) guild
- 7. a powerful military lord
A) daimyo
B) sect
C) martial arts
D) tanka
E) meditation
- 8. commander of all the emperor’s military forces
A) martial arts
B) guild
C) meditation
D) sect
E) shogun
A) tanka
B) guild
C) martial arts
D) sect
E) samurai
- 10. the bond of loyalty between a lord and a vassal
A) tanka
B) guild
C) meditation
D) martial arts
E) feudalism
- 11. a five-lined unrhymed poem about nature
A) martial arts
B) meditation
C) guild
D) tanka
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) meditation
B) sect
C) guild
D) martial arts
E) tanka
- 14. group formed to protect artisans and increase their profits
A) sect
B) guild
C) tanka
D) meditation
E) martial arts
- 15. sports that involve combat and self-defense
A) martial arts
B) tanka
C) meditation
D) sect
E) guild
- 16. Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and ____ are the four largest Japanese islands.
A) Kamakura
B) Hokkaido
C) Kyoto
D) Tokyo
- 17. The Yayoi, ancestors of the Japanese, buried their chiefs in kofun, or
A) sacred coffins.
B) ceremonial boats.
C) large mounds of dirt.
D) ziggurats.
- 18. Which group of early settlers made pottery and lived from fishing?
A) the Yamoto
B) the Yayoi
C) the Koreans
D) the Jomon
- 19. Prince Shotoku looked to this country as an example of successful government.
A) Korea
B) Italy
C) China
D) Egypt
- 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) nobles
B) warriors
C) crops.
D) people
- 22. Around A.D. 500, the ____ religion came to Japan from Korea.
A) Christian
B) Shinto
C) Islam
D) Buddhist
- 23. In 1192, the newly appointed ____ created two governments in Japan.
A) daimyo
B) vassal
C) kamikaze
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) monsoon
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) meditation
C) faith
D) poetry
- 27. The art of Japan reveals the Japanese love of beauty and
A) poetry
B) art
C) nature
D) simplicity
- 28. Lady Murasaki Shikibu wrote ____, a book about a Japanese prince.
A) The Tale of Heike
B) The Tale of Genji
C) Samurai Warrior
D) A Shogun Tale
- 29. Japan’s wealth came from its farmers, artisans, and increased
A) taxes
B) trade
C) shipping
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) cultural
C) agricultural
D) warrior
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