Ch6 Less 3 Medieval Japan

In 794 C.E., the city of Heian replaced Nara as the official capital of Japan.

• True

• False

Nobles formed their own local armies of warriors known as ____.

• shoguns

• regents

• samurai

• daimyo

What was the strict code of conduct that samurai lived by called?

• kamikaze

• Bushido

• tanka

• "the way of the sword"

Minamoto Yoritomo, the first shogun of Japan, was elected by the people.

• True

• False

Both times the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan sent ships to invade Japan, they were ____.

• 
  

  defeated in sea battles

  
  

• 
  

  turned back by strong winds

  
  

• captured by pirates

  
  

• destroyed by typhoons

  
  

Over the years, as samurai divided their lands among their sons, ____.

• the property held by each samurai grew smaller

  
  

• 
  

  the shoguns became more powerful

• the property held by each samurai grew larger

• the shoguns required a portion of the land too

The samurai received more land from the daimyo than they had been given by the shogun.

• false

• true

Much of Japan's wealth came from ____.

• 
  

  leading military officials

• the number of noble families

  
  

• a growing class of merchants and traders

• the hard labor of its farmers

  
  

Why did Japanese artisans and merchants set up groups called guilds?

• to boost the Japanese economy

• 
  

  to rival the daimyo

• 
  

  to protect their jobs and increase their earnings

  
  

• to increase trade with Korea, China, and southeast Asia

  
  

Under the shoguns, most Japanese came to believe in ____.

• both Shinto and Buddhism

• 
  

  only Shinto

  
  

• only Buddhism

  
  

• Bushido