Chapter

8, Part 1 6) By establishing equal relations with

Japan China, Prince Shotoku was (DO NOW
Key Version B 01/31/2017)
a) trying to frighten China.
1) What is the Key Version? b) emphasizing the independence of Japan.
a) A c) placing Japan in a position to receive
b) B favors.
d) challenging Chinas position.
2) Approximately how far is Japan from
Korea at its closest point? (DO NOW 7) Prince Shotokus actions during his reign
01/30/2017) reveal that he (DO NOW 01/31/2017)
a) 500 miles a) wanted to reestablish Shinto as the
b) 250 miles primary religion.
c) 120 miles b) cared little for the common people of
d) 75 miles Japan.
e) 75 miles c) admired Chinas culture.
d) had little time for projects other than
3) Based on the map, which statement those related to government.
about Japans location is valid? (DO NOW
01/30/2017) 8) What did Prince Shotoku hope to achieve
a) Its location was convenient for Chinese to through his reforms? (DO NOW
visit on their way to Korea. 02/01/2017)
b) Its location allowed China to invade a) He wanted to distribute power among the
easily. clans.
c) It occupies a central position in East Asia. b) He wanted to make the structure of the
d) Its closeness to China enabled the spread government less rigid.
of Chinese ideas into Japan. c) He wanted to return government to the
way it had been formerly.
4) What was the effect of Chinese ideas of d) He wanted a more centralized and merit-
government on Japan? (DO NOW based government.
01/30/2017)
a) A military government was established. 9) Prince Shotokus emphasis on Confucian
b) Japan moved towards democracy. ideals in government would suggest that
c) Japan developed a strong central he might have (DO NOW 02/01/2017)
government. a) believed virtue had an important place in
d) Government officials were guided by government.
Confucian principles. b) supported family relationships.
c) been willing to employ dishonest means
5) Which phrase describes the political to keep power.
organization of early Japan? (DO NOW d) felt government officials should inherit,
01/31/2017) not earn, their positions.
a) Individual family groups vying for power
b) Provinces ruled by governors
c) Imperial state supported by a strong
bureaucracy
d) Military dictatorship




 10) Why was the development of the 15)What is a traditional Japanese religion
Seventeen Article Constitution based on respect for nature and
historically important? (DO NOW ancestors, which means way of the gods.
02/01/2017) a) Buddhism
a) It helped to spread Buddhism. b) Christianity
b) It explained the relationship between c) Confucianism
Japan and China. d) Islam
c) It established guidelines for trade with e) Shinto
foreign nations.
d) It provided guidelines for government 16)In early Japanese society, what were
and a set of laws for the country. family members who were related by
blood or marriage?
11)According to legend, the islands of Japan a) Clan
were formed from drops of what? b) Haiku
a) Diamonds c) Kabuki
b) Gold d) Regent
c) Salt e) Zen
d) Soy sauce
e) Water 17) What is a word that means the land of
the rising sun?
12)Japan has many natural disasters because a) Embassy
it is located within the __________ of Fire. b) Nippon
a) Earth c) Noh
b) Ring d) Vassal
c) Square e) Zen
d) Triangle
e) Wall 18)Combined Buddhism with traditional
Shinto is what area of Chinese influence
13)What percentage of land in Japan is flat on Japan?
enough for farming? a) Religion
a) 5 b) Government
b) 15 c) Writing System
c) 25 d) Arts
d) 50 e) Agriculture
e) 75
19) Used Chinese characters to stand for
14)Mild climate and rain allow what crop to additional ideas and sounds in language
grow well in Japan? is what area of Chinese influence on
a) Grape Japan?
b) Maize a) Religion
c) Olive b) Government
d) Potato c) Writing System
e) Rice d) Arts
e) Agriculture






 20) Adapted Chinese wet-field rice
cultivation to Japans island environment 26) Who ruled Japan from 593 to 622 C.E.
is what area of Chinese influence on and introduced Chinese culture to Japan?
Japan? a) Lady Murasaki Shikibu
a) Religion b) Prince Shotoku
b) Government c) Tale of Genji
c) Writing System d) Tokugawa Shogunate
d) Arts e) Winston Churchill
e) Agriculture
27) What were guidelines for Japanese
21) What does konichiwa in Japanese mean leaders based on Confucian principles?
in English? a) Codes of Hammurabi
a) Hello b) Five Pillars
b) Good afternoon c) Magna Carta
c) Please d) Seventeen Article Constitution
d) Sorry e) Ten Commandments
e) Thank you
28) In Japanese society, who were the
22) What does kudasai in Japanese mean in wealthy landowners?
English? a) Artisans
a) Hello b) Daimyo
b) Good afternoon c) Merchants
c) Please d) Peasants
d) Sorry e) Samurai
e) Thank you
29) In Japanese society, who were the largest
23) How do you say, I love you in Japanese? class?
a) Arigato a) Artisans
b) Gomen nasai b) Daimyo
c) Ohayo c) Merchants
d) Oyasumi d) Peasants
e) Suki da e) Samurai

24) In the 400s C.E., what clan from central 30) In Japanese society, who were the lowest
Japan was the most powerful and class because they produced nothing on
believed they were descendants of the their own?
sun goddess? a) Artisans
a) Fujiwara b) Daimyo
b) Noh c) Merchants
c) Shinto d) Peasants
d) Yamato e) Samurai
e) Zen
31) Who are leaders who appear to have
25) If a child became emperor at a young age, power, but do not?
who was appointed to rule until the child a) Daimyos
emperor was old enough to rule? b) Figureheads
a) Haiku c) Lords
b) Embassy d) Shoguns
c) Kabuki e) Vassals
d) Regent
e) Vassal
 32) In the 800s, what clan became the most 38) Today, Edo is known as what city?
powerful family and Japan, and ruled for a) Beijing
300 years? b) Osaka
a) Fujiwara c) Seoul
b) Noh d) Shanghai
c) Shinto e) Tokyo
d) Yamato
e) Zen 39) What is a Japanese form of Buddhism
that focused on self-discipline, simplicity,
33) Who led the samurais and ruled for the and meditation?
emperor? A word that means supreme a) Haiku
commander of the army. b) Noh
a) Embassy c) Regent
b) Haiku d) Kabuki
c) Kabuki e) Zen
d) Noh
e) Shogun 40) Who wrote The Tale of Genji?
a) Minamoto Yoritomo
34) What were the warrior code of the b) Lady Murasaki Shikibu
samurai that included honor, loyalty, and c) Oda Nobunaga
bravery? d) Tokugawa Ieyasu
a) Bushido e) Toyotomi Hideyoshi
b) Daimyo
c) Ronin
d) Shotoku
e) Zen

35) In 1192, who became the first shogun?
a) Minamoto Yoritomo
b) Lady Murasaki Shikibu
c) Oda Nobunaga
d) Tokugawa Ieyasu
e) Toyotomi Hideyoshi

36) In the mid-1500s, who was the first
Japanese to use guns?
a) Minamoto Yoritomo
b) Lady Murasaki Shikibu
c) Oda Nobunaga
d) Tokugawa Ieyasu
e) Toyotomi Hideyoshi

37) Who built the capital at Edo, and ruled
until 1868?
a) Minamoto Yoritomo
b) Lady Murasaki Shikibu
c) Oda Nobunaga
d) Tokugawa Ieyasu
e) Toyotomi Hideyoshi