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