Chapter

8, Part 1 7) What does Shinto mean?

Japan a) “Code of the samurais”
Key Version A b) “God-like”
c) “Land of the rising sun”
1) What is the Key Version? d) “Supreme gods”
a) A e) “Way of the gods”
b) B
8) In early Japanese society, what were
2) The islands of Japan were created from family members who were related by
drops of water from what object? blood or marriage?
a) Arrow a) Clan
b) Chopstick b) Haiku
c) Gold c) Kabuki
d) Spear d) Regent
e) Sword e) Zen

3) Japan has many natural disasters 9) In a feudal society, what is the main
because it is located within what? source of wealth and power?
a) Bermuda Triangle a) Gold
b) Grand Canal b) Jade
c) Great Wall c) Land
d) Ring of Fire d) Porcelain
e) Silk Road e) Silk

4) What percentage of land in Japan is flat 10) What is a word that means “the land of
enough for farming? the rising sun?”
a) 5 a) Daimyo
b) 15 b) Embassy
c) 25 c) Nippon
d) 50 d) Noh
e) 75 e) Vassal

5) Mild climate and plenty of rain allow 11) What country described Japan “land of
what crop to grow well in Japan? the rising sun?”
a) Grape a) China
b) Maize b) Mongolia
c) Olive c) Russia
d) Potato d) Thailand
e) Rice e) Vietnam

6) What is a traditional Japanese religion 12) What does “konichiwa” in Japanese
based on respect for nature and mean in English?
ancestors, and believe everything in a) Hello
nature have divine spirits? b) Good afternoon
a) Christianity c) Good morning
b) Confucianism d) Good night
c) Islam e) Sorry
d) Judaism
e) Shinto

 13) What does “kudasai” in Japanese mean 19) If a child became emperor/empress at a
in English? young what was appointed to rule until
a) Good evening the child was old enough to rule?
b) I love you a) Haiku
c) Please b) Embassy
d) Sorry c) Kabuki
e) Thank you d) Regent
e) Vassal
14) How do you say, “I love you” in
Japanese? 20) Who ruled Japan from 593 to 622 C.E.
a) Arigato and introduced Chinese culture to
b) Gomen nasai Japan?
c) Ohayo a) Genghis Khan
d) Oyasumi b) Kublai Khan
e) Suki da c) Lady Murasaki Shikibu
d) Prince Shotoku
15) How do you say, “where is the e) Tokugawa Shogunate
restroom” in Japanese?
a) Arigato 21) What were guidelines for Japanese
b) Benjo wa do ko desu ka leaders based on Confucian principles
c) Konichiwa such as hard-work and obedience?
d) Moshi moshi a) Codes of Hammurabi
e) Oyasumi b) Five Pillars
c) Magna Carta
16) How do you say, “thank you” in d) Seventeen Article Constitution
Japanese? e) Ten Commandments
a) Arigato
b) Gomen nasai 22) In the social structure of Ancient Japan,
c) Konbanwa who were the wealthy landowners?
d) Ohayo a) Artisans
e) Suki dayo b) Daimyo
c) Merchants
17) In the 400s C.E. what clan from central d) Peasants
Japan was the most powerful and the e) Samurai
Japan’s first emperors were from this
clan? 23) In the social structure of Ancient Japan,
a) Fujiara who were the lowest class because they
b) Noh produced nothing on their own?
c) Shinto a) Artisans
d) Yamato b) Daimyo
e) Zen c) Merchants
d) Peasants
18) Members of the Yamato believe they e) Samurai
were descendants of what?
a) Bantu
b) Chinese
c) Earthquake
d) Sun goddess
e) Tsunami

 24) Who are leaders who appear to have 30) In the mid-1500s, who was the first
power, but really do not have power? Japanese to use guns?
a) Daimyos a) Minamoto Yoritomo
b) Figureheads b) Lady Murasaki Shikibu
c) Lords c) Oda Nobunaga
d) Shoguns d) Tokugawa Ieyasu
e) Vassals e) Toyotomi Hideyoshi

25) In the 800s, what clan became the most 31) Who built the capital at Edo, and ruled
powerful family in Japan, and ruled for until 1868?
300 years? a) Minamoto Yoritomo
a) Fujiwara b) Lady Murasaki Shikibu
b) Noh c) Oda Nobunaga
c) Shinto d) Tokugawa Ieyasu
d) Tokugawa e) Toyotomi Hideyoshi
e) Yamato
32) Today, Edo is known as what city?
26) Who led the samurais and ruled on the a) Beijing
emperor’s behalf? A word that means b) Osaka
“supreme commander of the army.” c) Hong Kong
a) Bushido d) Shanghai
b) Noh e) Tokyo
c) Ronin
d) Shinto 33) Approximately how far is Japan from
e) Shogun Korea at its closest point? (DO NOW
02/05/2019, page 72)
27) What was a warrior code of the a) 500 miles
samurai? b) 250 miles
a) Bushido c) 120 miles
b) Daimyo d) 75 miles
c) Ronin
d) Shotoku 34) What was the effect of Chinese ideas of
e) Zen government on Japan? (DO NOW
02/05/2019, page 72)
28) What were the warrior codes of the a) A military government was established.
samurai? b) Japan developed a strong central
a) Bravery, prayer, fasting government.
b) Charity, honor, loyalty c) Japan moved towards democracy.
c) Honor, loyalty, bravery d) Government officials were guided by
d) Loyalty, strength, wealth Confucian principles.
e) Speed, bravery, intelligence
35) Which phrase describes the political
29) In 1192, who became the first shogun? organization of early Japan? (DO NOW
a) Minamoto Yoritomo 02/06/2019, page 74)
b) Lady Murasaki Shikibu a) Imperial state supported by a strong
c) Oda Nobunaga bureaucracy
d) Tokugawa Ieyasu b) Individual family group vying for power
e) Toyotomi Hideyoshi c) Military dictatorship
d) Provinces ruled by governors

 36) Prince Shotoku’s actions during reign 40) How did bushido shape the culture of
reveal that he (DO NOW 02/07/2019, Japan? (DO NOW 02/08/2019, page 76)
page 74) a) It became the national code of conduct
a) Admired China’s culture. into the 20th century.
b) Cared little for the common people of b) Its ideals were forgotten under the
Japan. military government.
c) Had little time for projects other than c) The samurai’s loyalty to individual
those related to government. daimyo damaged Japan’s national unity.
d) Wanted to reestablish Shinto as the d) The strictness of bushido discouraged
primary religion. young men from becoming samurai.

37) What did Prince Shotoku hope to
achieve through his reforms? (DO NOW
02/07/2019, page 74)
a) He wanted to return government to the
way it had been formerly.
b) He wanted a more centralized and
merit-based government.
c) He wanted to make the structure of the
government less rigid.
d) He wanted to distribute power among
the clans.

38) What was the basis of the lord vassal
system in Japan? (DO NOW 02/08/2019,
page 76)
a) Financial reward in exchange for land
b) Government positions in exchange for
protection
c) Military service in exchange for
protection
d) Power in exchange for money

39) In the quotation, the samurai’s advice to
his son is to (DO NOW 02/08/2019,
page 76)
a) React quickly in all situations.
b) Take control of every situation
c) Think before he acts.
d) Use his weapon skillfully.