- 1. Yamato leader who took the title “emperor of heaven”
A) clan
B) shrine
C) animism
D) constitution
E) Jimmu
A) clan
B) Jimmu
C) constitution
D) animism
E) shrine
- 3. the belief that all things have a spirit
A) clan
B) constitution
C) Jimmu
D) shrine
E) animism
- 4. a group of families related by blood or marriage
A) Jimmu
B) constitution
C) shrine
D) clan
E) animism
A) constitution
B) clan
C) Jimmu
D) shrine
E) animism
- 6. a warrior who pledged loyalty to a powerful military lord
A) vassal
B) meditation
C) tanka
D) sect
E) guild
- 7. a powerful military lord
A) martial arts
B) meditation
C) daimyo
D) sect
E) tanka
- 8. commander of all the emperor’s military forces
A) shogun
B) guild
C) meditation
D) sect
E) martial arts
A) martial arts
B) guild
C) samurai
D) sect
E) tanka
- 10. the bond of loyalty between a lord and a vassal
A) tanka
B) feudalism
C) meditation
D) martial arts
E) guild
- 11. a five-lined unrhymed poem about nature
A) tanka
B) martial arts
C) sect
D) guild
E) meditation
- 12. a smaller religious group
A) guild
B) tanka
C) meditation
D) sect
E) martial arts
- 13. helps people to relax and find inner peace
A) guild
B) sect
C) martial arts
D) meditation
E) tanka
- 14. group formed to protect artisans and increase their profits
A) sect
B) tanka
C) meditation
D) martial arts
E) guild
- 15. sports that involve combat and self-defense
A) meditation
B) sect
C) guild
D) tanka
E) martial arts
- 16. Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and ____ are the four largest Japanese islands.
A) Tokyo
B) Kyoto
C) Kamakura
D) Hokkaido
- 17. The Yayoi, ancestors of the Japanese, buried their chiefs in kofun, or
A) large mounds of dirt.
B) ziggurats.
C) sacred coffins.
D) ceremonial boats.
- 18. Which group of early settlers made pottery and lived from fishing?
A) the Koreans
B) the Yayoi
C) the Yamoto
D) the Jomon
- 19. Prince Shotoku looked to this country as an example of successful government.
A) Korea
B) China
C) Italy
D) Egypt
- 20. Early beliefs developed into the religion of Shinto, which means
A) “way of the spirits.”
B) “the right way.”
C) “the honorable 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) nobles
C) crops.
D) warriors
- 22. Around A.D. 500, the ____ religion came to Japan from Korea.
A) Buddhist
B) Christian
C) Shinto
D) Islam
- 23. In 1192, the newly appointed ____ created two governments in Japan.
A) shogun
B) kamikaze
C) vassal
D) daimyo
- 24. When the Mongols attacked the Kamakura shogunate in the 1200s, a(n) ____ helped the Japanese to defeat them.
A) monsoon
B) volcano
C) earthquake
D) typhoon
- 25. Young samurai studied martial arts, astronomy, and
A) loyalty
B) bravery
C) math
D) music
- 26. Followers of Zen Buddhism control their bodies through
A) faith
B) martial arts.
C) poetry
D) meditation
- 27. The art of Japan reveals the Japanese love of beauty and
A) simplicity
B) nature
C) art
D) poetry
- 28. Lady Murasaki Shikibu wrote ____, a book about a Japanese prince.
A) A Shogun Tale
B) The Tale of Heike
C) Samurai Warrior
D) The Tale of Genji
- 29. Japan’s wealth came from its farmers, artisans, and increased
A) shipping
B) trade
C) literature
D) taxes
- 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) warrior
C) religious
D) cultural
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