Japen

Question 1

What is the name of the light skinned hair people who live in north?

Answer 1

Ainu

Question 2

The god’s formed Japan, according to the myth by stirring a jeweled spear into the ocean and lifting it up is formed where water drops fell from spear

Answer 2

True

Question 3

In approximately what year did mu unify Japan?

Answer 3

660 BC

Question 4

Which religion began in India, and took root in Japan around 80 552

Answer 4

Buddhism

Question 5

Which religion was already in Japan when Bud

Answer 5

Shinto

Question 6

The early Japanese people refused to accept Chinese religion writing

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Which language did Japanese men prefer for writing

Answer 7

Chinese

Question 8

The name of the prince who had Japan in the sixth and seventh century

Answer 8

Shotoku

Question 9

In the early times of Prince shotoku some Japanese women could get an education, but they were not allowed to own their own property

Answer 9

True

Question 10

In 1192 after defeating the taria family, yoritomo was named

Answer 10

The first shotgun

Question 11

Of the three famous treasures, which was the lost at the bottom of the sea and 11

Answer 11

Sword

Question 12

Yoshitsune and yoritomo members of what famous family

Answer 12

Minamoto

Question 13

The Shogun yoritomo was very fond of his brother and together they ruled Japan

Answer 13

False

Question 14

This word samurai means

Answer 14

One who serves

Question 15

What was the samurai’s favorite weapon

Answer 15

Sword

Question 16

According to the old myth, all empires of Japan are related to the gods

Answer 16

True

Question 17

What treasures were handed down to Jammu by the gods?

Answer 17

Mirror, sword and jewel

Question 18

What is the name of the light skinned hairy people who lived in the north?

Answer 18

Ainu

Question 19

Who was the first emperor of

Answer 19

Jimmu

Question 20

To what three greater classes could you have been born in feudal Japan?

Answer 20

Royalty, Samurai, Peasants

Question 21

List all 8 levels in Japanese Feudal Society (1 being the top, 8 the bottom).

Answer 21

1. Emperor
   
   2. Shogun
   3. Daimyo
   4. Samurai
   5. Ronin
   6. Peasants
   7. Artisans
   8. Merchants

Question 22

For many years, this city was the only port that foreigners were allowed to visit.

Answer 22

Commodore Matthew Perry

Question 23

Japan changed very slowly after it opened to world trade in the 1850s. (True or False)

Answer 23

false

Question 24

he number of times Japan had been conquered by another nation between the time of Jimmu and 1854.

Answer 24

none

Question 25

On what Japanese city did America first drop an atomic bomb

Answer 25

herashima

Question 26

Japan no longer has an emperor. (True or False)

Answer 26

false

Question 27

Name the three main bodies of water that surround Japan.

Answer 27

Pacific Ocean, Inland Sea, Sea of Japan

Question 28

What is the name of the modern-day capital of Japan?

Answer 28

tokyo

Question 29

: What was it called during feudal Japan?

Answer 29

Edo

Question 30

What is the name of the most famous mountain in Japan?

Answer 30

Mount Fuji

Question 31

Japan is an ___________, or chain of islands, consisting of 4 large islands and over 4,000 smaller islands. Archipelago

Answer 31

Archipelago

Question 32

How did shoguns become more powerful than Japanese emperors?

Answer 32

Shoguns were supreme military leaders who ruled the warriors and held more power than the emperor.

Question 33

Japan’s geography and island location saved them during the medieval period. Explain how.

Answer 33

Isolation, protection as an island, and typhoons helped keep out invaders like the Mongols.

Question 34

What is the downside to their geography and island location?

Answer 34

many volcant erupshoins

Question 35

: Japan was originally named “Nippon.” What does this name mean?

Answer 35

iland country

Question 36

Name at least 4 of the 8 essential elements of bushido, a samurai’s strict code of ethics.

Answer 36

Loyalty, Courage, Honor, Honesty, Justice, Benevolence, Politeness, and Respect

Question 37

Who was the leader of the Mongol invasion?

Answer 37

Kublai Khan

Question 38

What finally stopped the Mongol army from conquering Japan in 1281?

Answer 38

Typhoon

Question 39

What does the word “kamikaze” mean?

Answer 39

divien winds

Question 40

Khan’s army was made up of soldiers from which three countries?

Answer 40

: Korea, China, Mongolia

Question 41

Who was the clever general under Nobunaga who became absolute military ruler in the 16th century?

Answer 41

: Ieyasu Tokugawa

Question 42

Who was the one warlord that Hideyoshi could not defeat?

Answer 42

leyasu Tokugawa

Question 43

What was introduced by the Portuguese in the 1500s that changed Japanese warfare dramatically?

Answer 43

musket

Question 44

Who was the general that brought the “Period of the Warring States” to an end?

Answer 44

Tokugawa

Question 45

Where did Ieyasu Tokugawa set up his government?

Answer 45

Osaka

Question 46

Who was the shogun that closed Japan to foreigners and banned Christianity?

Answer 46

Tokugawa

Question 47

Which two types of theater developed in Japan during the Tokugawa period?

Answer 47

Noh, Kabuki

Question 48

Who was the Chinese philosopher that taught that children should respect their parents?

Answer 48

Confucius

Question 49

what was the name of the social system/style of government that Tokugawa used to organize and control Japan?

Answer 49

fudel

Question 50

What was the Confucian view of women?

Answer 50

inferior to all men

Question 51

The most basic traditional value in Japan was family __________. Shinto taught family members to honor their ___________.

Answer 51

Loyalty, Ancestors