Medieval Japan

Powerful military lords who controlled small territories in Japan

• daimyo
• shoguns
• samurai
• emperior

Commander of the emperor's military forces

• daimyo
• emperor
• samurai
• shogun

A warrior in a nobel's private army

• vassal
• shogun
• daimyo
• samurai

Princess Suiko created Japan’s first constitution and borrowed ideas from China.

• True
• False

What does Bushido mean?

• the "way of the warrior"

• the "noble art"

• the "way of the gods"

• the "divine art of war"

-Pagoda architecture

-Confucius philosophies

-Tang Dynasty music and dancing

-Tea drinking ceremonies

All of the above were introduced to Japan, in the 6th Century, as a result of its close proximity to what foreign land?

• Temasek Island

• China

• India

• Sri Vijaya Kingdom

Which sentence below describes how cultural diffusion impacted Japan?

• Warships and armies from Japan attacked Korea.

• Practices and beliefs spread from Korea to Japan.

• Written languages developed separately in Japan and Korea.

• Korea and Japan grew different crops because of different climates.

In the Heian period, a person's social rank was determined almost completely by...

• their family's status.

• their education level.

• their religious practices.

• their outward appearance.

The Heian period is called Japan’s golden age because of its achievements in...

• technology.

• military power.

• art and literature.

• religious power.

Japan's original religion that expresses respect for nature is called...

• Nirvana.

• Kami.

• Shinto.

• Buddhism.