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- 1. Multiple Choice
How is Japanese writing different from Chinese writing?
Japanese characters stand for sounds.
The Japanese characters represent whole words.
The Chinese do not use picture writing.
The Chinese do not have a writing system.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What kept the Mongol leader Kublai Khan from being successful in invading Japan?
highly trained samurai
lack of supplies
powerful storms
deadly diseases
- 3. Multiple Choice
The ancient Japanese cultural group called the Yayoi build burial mounds filled with armor, weapons and pottery in a manner similar to the ...
Chinese
Egyptians
Spaniards
Romans
- 4. Multiple Choice
Prince Shotoku, an important ruler in ancient Japan, helped shape his country's culture because he brought educators from China to teach his people about medicine, geography, and ...
farming
government
poetry
astronomy
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the art of paper folding called for which the Japanese people are famous?
haiku
sumo
origami
samurai
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following does NOT describe the Shintoism religion?
kami, or spirits, cannot help people
the oldest religion of Japan
believe all things in nature have spirits
honors spirits with shrines and offerings
- 7. Multiple Choice
The Japanese style of architecture is noted for its pagodas and ....
use of inlaid gold walls
roofs that curve upward
carved pillars
black paint
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons that farming is difficult in Japan?
volcanoes
harsh desert sun
typhoons
earthquakes
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is one of Japan's most important exports that has caused the country to be a world wide leader in this industry?
rice
silk cloth
fish and seafood
automobiles
- 10. Multiple Choice
The samurai were warriors that protected the Japanese nobles in the same manner that knights did in
China
Egypt
Europe
India
- 11. Multiple Choice
What does the word "samurai" mean?
"to protect"
"to serve"
"to defend"
"to forgive"
- 12. Multiple Choice
What was the code of honor, loyalty, and discipline practiced by the samurai?
chivalry
bushido
shintoism
isolationism
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is the Japanese word for "hello" or "good morning?"
Sup
Konnichiwa
Bonjour
Yayoi
- 14. Multiple Choice
The oldest religion of Japan
Buddhism
Daoism
Shintoism
Samurai
- 15. Multiple Choice
Japan is a group of many islands, meaning that its is called
An archipelago
a peninsula
islands, y'all
volcanos
- 16. Multiple Choice
A shogun is
a sumo wrestler
a noble
a military leader
spirit
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the highest mountain in Japan?
Mount St. Helens
Mount Vesuvius
Mount Wannhoukalougie
Mount Fuji
- 18. Multiple Choice
What form of poetry originated in Japan?
sonnet
haiku
limerick
sestina
- 19. Multiple Choice
Shinto worshippers believe that _______ can help them if they are pure and good.
kami
sumo
rice
origami
- 20. Multiple Choice
Due to Japan's isolation and lack of farm land, the Japanese relied heavy on this particular food?
flour
rice
wheat
sugar
- 21. Multiple Choice
Most Japanese art was influence by ________________.
business
government
warfare
nature
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