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Japan Test
Use this to help prepare for your test on Japan
Question | Answer |
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Who were the Ainu? | a Stone Age tribe of northern Japanese people |
Who was the legendary first emperor of Japan, believed to be related to the sun goddess? | Jimmu |
Name the religion that believes all things in nature have spirits. | Shinto |
Name the prince who popularized Buddhism in Japan and copied Chinese style of government. | Shotoku |
What was capital city of Japanese emperors in Medieval Japan? | Kyoto |
What is capital of modern-day Japan? | Edo/Tokyo |
Who was the first shogun of Japan? | Yoritomo Minamoto |
What is the difference between an emperor and a shogun? | The emperor was seen as more of a religious leader while the shogun was a military leader. |
What was the name of Yoritomo's warrior brother? | Yoshitsune Minamoto |
What is "Kamikaze?" | kamikaze- means “divine wind”; a typhoon that destroyed Mongol invasion fleet |
Who was the trusted general of Oda Nobunaga who conquered Japan but could not be shogun because of his status as a commoner? | Hideyoshi |
What does the word samurai mean in English? | “one who serves” |
What is a "shogun?" | A chief military leader of all of Japan |
Who was the powerful shogun who created a feudal system in Japan, closed all of Japan off to foreigners except for port city of Nagasaki and banned Christianity? | Ieyasu Tokugawa |
How did the Japanese use their surroundings (land and seas) to survive and prosper? | There was not a lot of farmland, so it had to be intensely farmed. The Japanese had to rely heavily on the seas for food. |
Do you think it was important for samurai warriors to honor and obey their leaders? Be sure to explain why this should or why this should not be the case. | The feudal system depended on the loyalty of the samurai to control people and land. While this did result in 250 of stability in Japan, samurai could be asked to commit suicide. The peasants could also be treated very cruelly. |
Be able to label the following political and physical features on a map of Japan: | Sea of Japan, Inland Sea, Mount Fuji, Shikoku, Kyushu, Hokkaido, Honshu, Pacific Ocean, Hiroshima, Edo/Tokyo Nagasaki, Osaka, Kyoto, Sendai |
How does feudalism work? | Feudalism is a system of government. It relies on using violence and loyalty to control people and land. |