Japanese History Review Game

Which of the following is NOT one of the four main islands of Japan?

• Hokkaida

• Honshui

• Shotoku

• Kyushu

Early Japanese people turned ot the sea to make a living because:

• only a small amount of Japan's land can be farmed

• they preferred fishing to farming

• the seas around Japan left them isolated

• their crops were destroyed by volcanoes

What people brought farming and metalworking skills to Japan around 300 B.C.?

• Yamato

• Shotoku

• Nara

• Yayoi

What Yamato leader became the first emperor of Japan?

• Yayoi

• Jimmu

• Nara

• Yoritomo

What Japanese religion respects the kami and other nature spirits?

• Hinduism

• Confucianism

• Nara

• Shinto

Shinto has contributed to the Japanese love of:

• Buddhism

• farming

• nature

• portraits

What Japanese prince created a constitution based on the ideas of Confucius?

• Jimmu

• Yoritomo

• Shotoku

• Yangdi

During the Nara Period, top government jobs went to:

• relatives of the emperor

• nobles from powerful families

• people who passed an exam

• Turks, Persians, and Mongols

What group of people governed for emperors who were too young or too sick?

• regents

• samurai

• shoguns

• daimyo

In exchange for their support, the government gave nobles:

• big ships

• money

• good jobs

• land