Japan/China Quiz 2025

Which is true about the geography of Japan?

• Japan has a mainland as big as the United States.

• Japan has only 4 islands.

• Japan has more than 3,000 islands

• Japan has no mountains or volcanoes.

Around 300 B.C., a new group of people appeared in Japan, what do modern archaeologists call this culture?

• Jomon

• Shotoku

• Yayoi

• Shinto

During the 500's, a clan by this name became strong enough to bring most of Japan under its rule.

• Jomon

• Shotoku

• Yayoi

• Yamato

This religion of Japan believes in animism, or the belief that all natural things have their own spirits.

• Shotoku

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Shinto

What type of governmental plan did Prince Shotoku create that is similar to the one used by the United States?

• A democracy

• A constitution

• A Bill of Rights

• A Republic

What does the word Samurai mean in medieval Japan?

• To rule

• To serve

• To defend

• To witness

Bushido means

• “Commander” of all the Emperor of Japan’s military forces

• "Way of the warrior"

• “Code of Honor” which each Samurai used to guide every act and deed within their lives.

While Buddhism became a major religion in China, the Chinese government supported this religion.

• Hinduism

• Confucianism

How did the Mongols benefit from their contact with the Chinese?

• They adopted the religion of Islam

• They learned how to use gunpowder as an explosive

• They learned how to make caravels to sail the ocean

• They learned how to create a giant wall to surround their empire

How did the Mongols get people to surrender to them without fighting?

• They robbed and burned cities to scare people into surrendering.

• They promised to not enslave the people so they would surrender.

• They surrounded the cities at night so the people were taken by surprise.

• They gave the people land in other places to live so they would leave.