- 1. Yamato leader who took the title “emperor of heaven”
A) shrine
B) animism
C) constitution
D) Jimmu
E) clan
A) animism
B) shrine
C) constitution
D) Jimmu
E) clan
- 3. the belief that all things have a spirit
A) clan
B) constitution
C) Jimmu
D) animism
E) shrine
- 4. a group of families related by blood or marriage
A) shrine
B) clan
C) animism
D) constitution
E) Jimmu
A) Jimmu
B) clan
C) shrine
D) constitution
E) animism
- 6. a warrior who pledged loyalty to a powerful military lord
A) vassal
B) meditation
C) tanka
D) guild
E) sect
- 7. a powerful military lord
A) tanka
B) sect
C) meditation
D) martial arts
E) daimyo
- 8. commander of all the emperor’s military forces
A) shogun
B) sect
C) martial arts
D) meditation
E) guild
A) tanka
B) sect
C) guild
D) martial arts
E) samurai
- 10. the bond of loyalty between a lord and a vassal
A) feudalism
B) tanka
C) martial arts
D) meditation
E) guild
- 11. a five-lined unrhymed poem about nature
A) martial arts
B) tanka
C) meditation
D) guild
E) sect
- 12. a smaller religious group
A) tanka
B) sect
C) guild
D) meditation
E) martial arts
- 13. helps people to relax and find inner peace
A) martial arts
B) tanka
C) sect
D) guild
E) meditation
- 14. group formed to protect artisans and increase their profits
A) martial arts
B) meditation
C) tanka
D) guild
E) sect
- 15. sports that involve combat and self-defense
A) sect
B) meditation
C) tanka
D) guild
E) martial arts
- 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) large mounds of dirt.
B) ceremonial boats.
C) sacred coffins.
D) ziggurats.
- 18. Which group of early settlers made pottery and lived from fishing?
A) the Yamoto
B) the Koreans
C) the Jomon
D) the Yayoi
- 19. Prince Shotoku looked to this country as an example of successful government.
A) Korea
B) Egypt
C) Italy
D) China
- 20. Early beliefs developed into the religion of Shinto, which means
A) “the honorable way.”
B) “the right way.”
C) “way of the spirits.”
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) Buddhist
B) Shinto
C) Christian
D) Islam
- 23. In 1192, the newly appointed ____ created two governments in Japan.
A) shogun
B) vassal
C) kamikaze
D) daimyo
- 24. When the Mongols attacked the Kamakura shogunate in the 1200s, a(n) ____ helped the Japanese to defeat them.
A) volcano
B) earthquake
C) typhoon
D) monsoon
- 25. Young samurai studied martial arts, astronomy, and
A) music
B) bravery
C) math
D) loyalty
- 26. Followers of Zen Buddhism control their bodies through
A) poetry
B) faith
C) meditation
D) martial arts.
- 27. The art of Japan reveals the Japanese love of beauty and
A) nature
B) poetry
C) art
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) taxes
B) shipping
C) literature
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) agricultural
B) cultural
C) religious
D) warrior
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