TCAP Review 3

Question 1

Shintoism

Answer 1

A religion that started in Japan with the belief that all of nature and ancestors had spirits.

Question 2

Kami

Answer 2

A divine being of nature. Or lesser gods.

Question 3

Prince Shotoku

Answer 3

A prince who ruled Japan on behalf of his aunt, and he worked to give Japan a strong and well-organized constitution.

Question 4

Confucianism

Answer 4

A system that originated from China that had no god to warship.

Question 5

Shogun

Answer 5

The chief military commander in feudal Japan.

Question 6

Samurai

Answer 6

A warrior who served a Japanese lord and lived by a strict code of loyalty.

Question 7

Bushido

Answer 7

A code that was to be followed by all samurai.

Question 8

Daimyo

Answer 8

A feudal lord who was a very large land owner, and housed people such as Shoguns.

Question 9

Heian Period

Answer 9

The golden age for Japan where arts and literature flourished.

Question 10

Torii

Answer 10

A gate that is commonly found at the entrance of a Shinto shrine that marks the area to be a mundane and sacred spot.

Question 11

Animism

Answer 11

The belief that humans, plants, animals, rocks, rivers, etc, all have their own spirits.